(KPL) The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Jan 12 supported key justice sector agencies with new ICT equipment and software to be used in their efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence through the Khan Hom Project.

(KPL) Some 900 new Covid-19 cases and 12 new deaths attributed to Covid-19 have been reported nationwide over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 124,193, including 7,980 active cases and 488 deaths. Of the new infections, 213 were reported in Vientiane, 137 in Borikhamxay, 69 in Xayaboury, 64 in Huaphan, 49 in Xieng Khuang, 48 in Phongsaly, 40 in Xekong, 39 in Saravan, 38 each in Oudomxay and Vientiane(province).

(KPL) The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd has decided to allow passengers to book Laos-China Train tickets two days in advance to ease the rising demand for rail travel.

Laos has posted 1,052 new infections of Covid-19 over the previous 24 hours along with five new deaths attributed to the virus, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

(KPL) ProMIS has been developed by MAF with assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the support of the “Strategic Support for Food Security and Nutrition Project” (SSFSNP) financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

(KPL) Last year witnessed 5,576 road accidents with 8,388 people injured, 831 lives claimed and young people sharing 80% of the victims, a meeting was told on Jan 13. The National Road Safety Committee convened the meeting in Vientiane to review road safety efforts made over the past one year, discuss the draft of the national road safety strategy 2021-2030 and action plan 2021-2025, the enforcement of laws and regulations on road traffic, the implementation of the Stop Accident Fatality rise by EMS development and Road safety (SAFER).

(KPL) Laos has logged 805 new infections of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours along with seven new deaths attributed to the virus, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Of the new infections, detected among 5,171 samples collected nationwide, only one case was classified as imported transmission reported in Savannakhet.

(KPL) The Lao PDR has received a total of 1,005,580 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Australia. This bilateral donation of COVID-19 vaccines from Australia consisted of 905,580 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine and 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine.

(KPL) Lao and Thai authorities met on Jan 11 to discuss costs and fees Lao migrant workers need to pay when seeking jobs in Thailand during Covid-19.

(KPL) The handover ceremony for a refrigerated truck and IT equipment supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany (BMG) was held in Vientiane on Jan 11 through the World Health Organization (WHO).