Covid-19 Affecting Laos Tourism
- The government will postpone the 11th National Sports Games.
- The US government has provided personal protective equipment to Laos which includes 440 protective goggles, 1,500 surgical gowns, and 220 face shields, along with biohazard disposal bags, aprons, N95 face masks, safety boxes, gloves, and hand sanitizer supplies.
- The Laos Ministry of Commerce has set a ceiling for the prices of face-masks; the retail price of three-layer masks cannot exceed 25,000 kip (US$2.82) for a box of 50, while a single mask must not be sold for more than 1,000 kip. (US$11 cents).
- Two suspected cases of CoronaVirus being investigated.
- The country has sealed off Golden Triangle road borders with China and Myanmar and suspended flights to China.
