Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) In Vientiane, the local Taskforce for COVID-19 Preventionand Control will continue to enforce controls until June 19 at least, andefforts are being stepped up to trace high-risk people and identify others whomay have come into contact with infected people so they can be tested for thevirus.
The closure of entertainment venues, tourist sites,massage parlours and spas, beauty salons, internet café, fitness centres,snooker clubs and indoor sports facilities will continue, while schools remainsuspended, except for online classes.
Shopping centres and markets may open but must close by10pm and comply with COVID-19 prevention measures. Restaurants and cafésoutside of red zones can open for service as usual, while complying with virusprevention measures, but may not sell alcoholic beverages.
In Bokeo province, entertainment venues, tourist sites,massage parlours and spas, and internet cafés will remain closed until June 19,and travel between provinces and districts is restricted.
In Savannakhet province, travel is banned between 11pmand 4am, except for essential purposes. Boat travel on the Mekong is still banned and authoritieswill set up more checkpoints on roads linking to other provinces.
Laos reported two new cases of COVID-19 on June 8,bringing its national count to 1,970, including three deaths.
In Cambodia, nearly 20 factories in Preah Sihanouk andSvay Rieng provinces have temporarily suspended their operations after workersthere tested positive for COVID-19.
In southern Preah Sihanouk province, Governor KuochChamroeun advised all special economic zone owners have to maintain health andadministrative measures as required by the authorities and the business ownersmust cooperate with the provincial administration working groups and localauthorities to combat the pandemic.
He encouraged factories and enterprises to prepareaccommodations for workers at the work sites along with vehicles to transportthem safely so that they will not get in overcrowded vans together.
In western Svay Rieng province, Deputy Governor RosPharith said the COVID-19 resurgence began in March following the February 20community outbreak with more than 400 cases found in workers so far, most ofthem worked at casinos.
The provincial administration has shut down those casinostemporarily until the outbreak can be brought under control.
The pandemic has spread to some factories in the specialeconomic zone in the province. Five major factories and some portions of otherfactories have been suspended for a short time, he said./.
VNA
