Laos imposes nationwide travel restrictions

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith issued an executive order last week to intensify measures to prevent and control the spread of the coronavirus.

According to this order, people from all walks of life, including expatriates in Laos, are not allowed to go out of their homes or other accommodation for non-essential purposes from now till April 19. Authorities in the provinces, districts and villages are seriously implementing the travel restrictions in a bid to counter the pandemic.

The head of the traffic group in the Sikhottabong district of Vientiane, Lieutenant Colonel Bounkhong Phetthalangsy, told Lao National Radio that in line with the Prime Minister’s Order No.6 for preventing and controlling the spread of the virus, authorities had been advising local residents and foreigners to stay at home.

The district had set up temporary checkpoints since Friday to implement the precautionary measures and inform the public about the dangers posed by the virus and ways to protect themselves. — Vientiane Times/ANN

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