Covid-19 variant Delta Plus also spreading in Laos capital; govt also impose ban on all travels to and from Vientiane

Laos capital Vientiane's administration has imposed a ban on all travels to and from Vientiane and within four major districts of the capital city from Sept 19-30. - Xinhua

VIENTIANE, Sept. 20 (Xinhua): The Lao Ministry of Health said the Covid-19 variant that was spreading through the capital Vientiane is the Delta Plus variant.

Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh, told a press conference here on Monday that 52 new imported cases and 162 locally transmitted cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 19,399 cases.