Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Sisavath Soutthanilaxay has urged the public to ignore fake news going viral on social media which falsely claims that authorities have imposed ban on a…
Representatives from Lao Women’s Union (LWU), the National Commission for the Advancement of Women and Mothers and Children (NCAWMC) and UNFPA Lao PDR joined a virtual tour of the one-stop service centre (OSSC) for survivors of gender-based violence (…
The final round of the youth debate competition was completed announcing the winners from Lao-Vietnam Friendship School 2.The competition was part of International Day of the Girl Child celebration and the ‘Me, My Body, My Planet, My Future’ Campaign, …
Some 1,245 new Covid-19 cases and six new deaths have been reported nationwide over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 93,061 including 12,015 active cases and 256 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and…
Champassak Governor Vilayvong Bouddakham on Dec 13 received a courtesy call from Chief Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to the Lao PDR Toshio Nagase who has been just appointed to the post.At the amicable tal…
The head of the South African Medical Association says there is a major difference between the delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus and warns politicians against hyping the threat from the new strain.Dr. Angelique Coetzee criticized Tuesday wh…
The White House COVID-19 Response team Wednesday said early data indicates the omicron coronavirus variant is spreading in the U.S., but current vaccine boosters appear to be effective in fighting it.CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the variant is i…
