VIENTIANE, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will continue to implement preventive measures and monitor people entering the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
People entering Laos will be sent to quarantine centers for 14 days and the temperature of each person must be checked, Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Friday.
On Thursday, a total of 3,263 people entered Laos through international border checkpoints. Of these, 1,849 people crossed the border with Thailand.
Some 1,223 people entered Laos from Vietnam and 53 from China. A total of 138 people entered the country via the Wattay International Airport in Lao capital Vientiane.
The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced that it has been monitoring 3,237 people at 35 accommodation centers across the country.
The total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Laos remained at 49 and 45 patients have recovered.
Laos reported its first two confirmed COVID-19 cases on March 24 last year. Enditem
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