The provincial and district Taskforce Committees for Covid-19 Prevention and Control have been asked to attach greater attention to ensuring Covid-19 vaccination reaches at least 80% of population in the country by the end of this year.

The government has decided to expand Covid-19 vaccination to children aged between 6 and 11 years old to create favourable conditions for the reopening of the country to foreign visitors under the Green Travel Plan, socio-economic recovery and school resumption.

Some 224 new daily cases of Covid-19 infection have been reported over the past 24 hours along with two new deaths.

Since late March 2020, the total of confirmed cases has reached 142,967 including 1,665 active cases and 623 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Of the new confirmed cases, 189 were classified as domestic infections and 35 as imported cases.

The local transmissions included 64 cases in Vientiane, 29 in Huaphan, 14 each in Xieng Khuang and Borikhamxay, 10 in Attapeu and nine each in Khammuan and Savannakhet.

Some 134 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals nationwide yesterday.

Source: Lao News Agency