Vietnamese Citizen Becomes First COVID-19 Fatality in Laos
AFP Laos announced its first COVID-19 fatality, a Vietnamese woman who hid her infection from authorities, while local transmission increased pace in Vietnam and Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh planned to reduce restrictive quarantine measures. Laos’ Department of Healthcare and Rehabilitation announced Sunday that a 53-year-old Vietnamese woman who resided in Laos was the first death in Laos since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020. “She was in a high-risk group but went to hospital late. She tried to avoid treatment. In fact, she was hiding and not asking for trea...
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