VIENTIANE, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Laos is comprehensively ready to deal with possible outbreak of COVID-19 especially in terms of personnel, medical equipment, health facilities, said Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in capital Vientiane on Monday.
The prime minister on Monday visited border checkpoints at the First Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, the Wattay International Airport and Mittaphab Hospital in Vientiane to inspect COVID-19 surveillance and preventive measures taken by relevant authorities.
He urged immigration authorities and relevant sectors to attach greater attention to the screening of people entering and leaving the country and ask the Lao people of all ethnic groups to comply with measures the government has taken and keep themselves updated about the disease on a regular basis and not to disseminate to the public groundless information and misinformation about the disease.
According to the Lao News Agency (KPL), in an effort to prevent possible outbreak of the disease in the country, the government has taken a number of preventive measures including the recent announcement of an order to suspend mass gatherings, celebration of days of national importance, the 11th National Games, weddings and social events, and close kindergartens. Enditem
