Category: Health

Some 635 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded nationwide over the previous 24 hours along with two deaths, bringing the totals to 33,606 and 47 respectively, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Of the new confirmed cases, detected among 5,710 people tested for Covid-19 nationwide yesterday, 628 were classified as domestic infections and seven as imported- documented in the two provinces of Savannakhet and Champassak.

Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh told a press conference today that 601 patients were discharged from hospital yesterday.

The highest domestic infections were reported in Vientiane 439 followed by Luang Prabang 72, Vientiane (province) 39, Khammuan 19, Champassak 18, Saravan 15, and Savannakhet 13.

One digit infections of Covid-19 were reported in Oudonxay six, Luang Namtha three, Bokeo two, Borikhamxay and Xekong one each.

Source: Lao News Agency

Laos has confirmed 657 new Covid-19 cases and five new deaths attributed to Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 32,971 including 7,167 active cases and 45 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh told a press conference today that 268 patients were discharged from hospital yesterday.

Of the new confirmed cases, detected among 5,911 people tested for Covid-19 nationwide, 656 were classified as domestic infections, and one as imported case – documented in Savannakhet.

The domestic infections were recorded in Vientiane 239, Vientiane (province) 155, Khammuan 126, Luang Prabang 72, Borikhamxay 25, Xaysomboun 16, Savannakhet and Champassak nine each, Saravan four and Bokeo one.

Source: Lao News Agency

Some 296 new cases of Covid-19 and two new deaths attributed to the virus have been recorded nationwide over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 32,029 including 40 deaths.

The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control told a press conference today that of the new confirmed cases, 283 were classified as local infections and 13 as imported cases.

Most local infections were recorded in Vientiane 105, Luang Prabang 49,Vientiane (province) 47, Champassak 24, Bokeo 20, Khammuan 15, Saravan 12, Savannakhet eight, Borikhamxay two, and Luang Namtha and Xayaboury one each

Source: Lao News Agency

Some 548 new cases of Covid-19 and two new deaths attributed to the virus have been recorded nationwide over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 31,733 including 7,596 active cases and 38 deaths.

The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control told a press conference today that 6,602 people were tested for Covid-19 and 379 patients were discharged from hospital yesterday.

Of the new confirmed cases, 543 were classified as local infections and five as imported cases.

Most local infections were recorded in Khammuan 241, Vientiane 161, Vientiane (province) 43, Luang Prabang 42, Xaysomboun 21, Borikhamxay 11 and Bokeo 10.

One digit local infections were reported in Luang Namtha 9, Savannakhet 8, Champassak 7, and Saravan and Xaysomboun five each.

The imported cases included three in Savannakhet and two in Vientiane.

Source: Lao News Agency

The 512th triplets left Pyongyang Maternity Hospital on June 11th

(KPL) Rim Ju Hyok and Kim Su Hyang, the parents of the triplets each weighing seemingly more than 4 kg, were residing in Sinuiju City, North Phyonga, DPRK.

They told about the state benefit the mother and babies had received free of charge during their stay in the hospital and the devotional care of the doctors and nurses in charge.

However, the names of the doctor and nurse in charge of the babies were not mentioned in their story.

A chief of a section of the hospital was asked why the names were not mentioned. The chief answered that four doctors and nurses for a baby so 12 medical staffs had been taking care of the mother and triplets.

Besides, the triplets born in the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital have been given the gold rings and ornamental silver knives, seasonal clothes and various tonics as souvenirs.

In the list of the souvenirs included are even the cloths for a bridal costume of the triplets in anticipation of their future wedding.

The father Rim Ju Hyok with the souvenir said: Warmer is the embrace of the WPK than that of the parents.

So they named their children as Rim Chung Jong, Rim Hyo Jong and Rim Un Jong wishing them prove themselves worthy of the favour of the state.

Source: Lao News Agency

(KPL) The Ministry of Health has banned individuals, legal entities and private businesses from importing and using Antigen based Rapid Diagnostic Test (AgRDT) kits for Covid-19 tests and sale in the country without permission from relevant authorities.

“Right now, the Ministry of Health is focusing on surveillance and treatment efforts because the outbreak has an increasing trend and is spreading to many provinces. The number of infections is rising and spreading to communities,” said Director General of the Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health, Bounsou Keohavong.

He insists the rapid test kits can be used only by competent public health providers and in compliance with the test capacity building strategy of the public health sector. Yet the relevant sector will consider the authorization of the use of AgRDT for state development projects and industrial parks where a number of workers are employed.

The low-cost rapid test kit has numerous limitations including low sensitivity which tends to lead to giving false negative results and low specificity which tends to result in cross-reaction and consequently false positive.

Testing too early or too late with AgRDT can also yield false negative result, according to Dr Bounsou Keohavong.

There are 84 companies authorized to import the rapid test kit. These include 18 pharmaceutical product importers, 35 medical equipment importers and, 31 drug and medical equipment importers.

Source: Lao News Agency