VIENTIANE: The United States has announced additional funding worth US$3.17mil to help Laos fight the Covid-19 (coronavirus) disease. US Ambassador Dr Peter M Haymond announced the additional funding, according to a statement from the US Embassy in Vientiane.
VIENTIANE: The United States has announced additional funding worth US$3.17mil to help Laos fight the Covid-19 disease.
These resources will be used for surveillance, laboratory capacity building, infection prevention and control, community mitigation, emergency response, and vaccine preparedness, it said.“The United States continues to increase our support for the Laos as we work together in the worldwide fight against Covid-19, ” Dr Haymond said.
• Supporting the Public Health Emergency Operations Center development; working with the Ministry of Health to establish a high-functioning PHEOC which serves as the “control room” of the Covid-19 response.
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