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Covid-19 vaccination reaches 73% of population

As of Mar 17, over 5.4 million people, representing 73.7% of population in the country, have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Centre of Information and Education for Health, Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the number of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 currently stands at 4.39 million people, accounting for 59.9% of the population, and those given a booster has shared 14.3% of the population.
Some 874 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 over the past twenty-four hours, the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control told a press conference today.
The newly confirmed cases included 855 cases classified as domestic infections with 437 documented in Vientiane, 143 in Savannakhet, 69 in Xieng Khuang, 30 in Huaphan and 27 in Vientiane (province).
Since late March 2020, the total caseload in the country has reached 149,131 including 1,349 active cases and 643 deaths.

Source: Lao News Agency

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