2021-04-11 10:36:09 GMT2021-04-11 18:36:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
VIENTIANE, April 11 (Xinhua) Laos reported two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 51, according to Lao Ministry of Health on Sunday.
Director general of the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology under the Lao Ministry of Health, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, told a press conference here on Sunday that the two new cases include a 41-year-old businessman from Thailand, who had a close contact with illegal immigrants from Thailand on April 3.
The patient, a Thai national, was tested positive for the virus on Saturday.
Another patient is a 41-year-old man, a Lao national, who returned to Laos from Mongolia on Friday.
Over 140,000 Covid-19 tests conducted in Laos; two virus cases confirmed on Sunday (April 11)
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