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Laos locks down capital over COVID-19 outbreak tied to Thailand
A restaurant clerk rests at a Chinese restaurant in Vientiane on Feb 11, 2020. Laos locked down its capital and closed its international borders to most traffic on Thursday, Apr 22, 2021, after identifying a COVID-19 cluster connected to its bigger neighbour Thailand. (File photo: AP/Kyodo News)
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VIENTIANE: Laos locked down its capital and closed its international borders to most traffic on Thursday (Apr 22) after identifying a COVID-19 cluster connected to its bigger neighbour Thailand.
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Laos locks down capital over virus outbreak tied to Thailand
April 22, 2021
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1of3A restaurant clerk rests at a Chinese restaurant in Vientiane in Feb. 11, 2020. Laos locked down its capital and closed its international borders to most traffic Thursday, April 22, 2021, after identifying a COVID-19 cluster connected to its bigger neighbor Thailand. (Kyodo News via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Buddhist monks wearing face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus wait in line to receive alms during a morning alms offerings in front of Marble Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 16, 2021.Sakchai Lalit/APShow MoreShow Less
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BANGKOK (AP) Laos locked down its capital and closed its international borders to most traffic Thursday after identifying a COVID-19 cluster connected to its bigger neighbor Thailand.
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A multi-country study suggests pregnant women who get COVID-19 have higher risks for death, intensive-care stays, preterm birth and other complications.
Pregnancy causes various changes in the body that may make women vulnerable to harm from the coronavirus. Pregnant women can gain some protection by getting vaccinated; recent evidence suggests the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are safe to use in pregnancy.
The results were published on Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, which echo smaller studies. The research involved women in 18 countries, including the United States, Central and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The study involved about 700 pregnant women with COVID-19 and 1,400 without it. It was sponsored by a research fund at the University of Oxford, there the lead authors work.