VIENTIANE, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — The ongoing lockdown in Laos will be extended for 15 more days till Sept. 2 as the COVID-19 cases continued to rise.
Deputy Head of the Prime Minister’s Office Thipphakone Chanthavongsa told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday that the lockdown will be extended as imported COVID-19 cases continued to increase.
She said the lockdown extension also aimed to