COVID-19 pandemic in Laos | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Laos |
Index case | Vientiane |
Arrival date | 24 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months and 2 weeks) |
Confirmed cases | 19 |
Suspected cases‡ | 318 |
Recovered | 14 |
Deaths | 0 |
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Laos on 24 March 2020, becoming the last Southeast Asian country to report its first case.
On 13 March provincial authorities closed some of border posts.[1]
On 24 March, Laos confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases, becoming the last Southeast Asian country infected with coronavirus.[2][3]
On 26 March, the Vientiane Times confirms third Covid-19 case.[4]
On 27 March, there were 6 cases confirmed. Two more men from Luang Prabang, and one from Vientiane.[5]