2020-12-21 10:35:59 GMT2020-12-21 18:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
VIENTIANE, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) One of the five remaining COVID-19 patients in Laos has been permitted to return home after showing negative for the virus in the second round of testing.
Deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Monday that the recovered patient is the country s 27th case of COVID-19, who had been treated in the Mittaphab Hospital (Hospital 150) since November 23.
On Sunday, a total of 1,997 people entered Laos through international border checkpoints. The temperature of each person entering Laos was checked and no one showed signs of fever.
By Yucatan Times on December 11, 2020
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned again about the increase of infections and deaths in the United States, Canada, and Mexico by covid-19, so it announced an extraordinary meeting with the health authorities of those countries to analyze the planning and distribution of the vaccines acquired through the Covax mechanism.
MEXICO CITY (Times Media Mexico) – Carissa F. Etienne, Director of PAHO, clarified that although the records of various vaccines have not yet been approved, containing the pandemic will take several months.
“It is not a time to rest,” she said, given the severe increase in cases of contagion in the region. She added that North America -Canada, the U.S., and Mexico- had seen significant increases in weekly cases.
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is continuing to advise people in the Caribbean not to engage in unnecessary travel during the holiday period.
The question of holiday travel in the region was raised today during PAHO s virtual media conference on COVID-19 in the Americas.
Director of PAHO s Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis Dr Marcos Espinal stressed people should only undertake essential travel. It is much better to spend many years doing holidays than to have one that could be very negative for all. So if we can spare this one and maybe do a holiday season, Christmas Day, New Year s Eve on Zoom or on Teams or on Skype or any other virtual meetings (I would advise it).