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Day: August 16, 2021

Laos records 349 new cases of Covid-19

The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has recorded 349 new cases of Covid-19 over the previous 24 hours including 312 imported infections and 37 local transmissions. The imported infections included 104 cases reported in Vientiane, 63 in

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Lao, Myanmar workers receive relief aid

Buddhist monks in Bokeo province have presented relief aid worth 24 million kip to the Head of the Bokeo Special Economic Zone Management Committee Thomgkhoun Phonthongsy to further present to Lao and Myanmar workers who are working at the Golden

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ILO forecasts slow jobs recovery in ASEAN region

Working hours in the ASEAN region are projected to only partially recover in 2021 and 2022 according to new research by the International Labour Organization (ILO). COVID-19 and the ASEAN labour market: Impact and policy response highlights the heavy impact

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US Set to Make Decision on COVID Booster Shots

The next couple of weeks will tell whether the U.S. will begin to offer coronavirus booster shots to its population, Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, told the television show “Fox News Sunday.” “There is

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Japan PM Extends COVID Emergency as Cases Surge

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the COVID-19 state of emergency for Tokyo and several surrounding regions will continue through September 12 rather than expiring at the end of this month after a surge in new cases over the past

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