Attapeu extends lockdown until August 31

Attapeu authorities have ordered the continuation of a lockdown until August 31, after more locally-transmitted Covid infections were reported, with several villages being classified as red or yellow zones.
Travel between Attapeu and other provinces is banned, except in the case of an emergency such as a hospital visit. People wishing to travel must get permission from provincial authorities, must have had two doses of a Covid vaccine, and must be resident in a green zone.

Entry into and departure from the province is limited to the hours of 6am to 8pm.
Entertainment venues, massage facilities, spas, snooker clubs, internet cafes, beauty salons, hotels, barber shops, night markets, sports facilities and tourist attractions have been closed, while gatherings of all kinds and school attendance are banned.
Passenger transport services from Attapeu to other provinces have also been suspended, along with goods delivery, apart from essential items such as equipment needed for disaster recovery, fuel, and food.
In Khammuan province, authorities in Thakhaek district are ramping up Covid testing for people who have come into contact with individuals known to be infected, after more cases of the virus were reported.
Phonsa-art, Souksavanh, Nahae, Pakbeng, Donethong and Dongtay villages have been named as being at particular risk of virus transmission. Anyone whole thinks they have come into contract with a person carrying the virus should get tested and self-isolate for 14 days, provincial officials stated in a notice issued on August 18.
In Bokeo province, the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has been placed under lockdown until August 30 after 42 people in the Zone tested positive for the virus on August 16 and 17.
Provincial authorities are testing people who have come into contact with individuals known to be infected, while all migrant workers employed at the Zone in Tonpheung district will be tested before they return to their country of origin.
On Thursday the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control announced 284 new cases of Covid-19 countrywide, bringing the total to 11,313.
Vientiane recorded seven new imported cases, while Tonpheung district in Bokeo province recorded two locally-transmitted cases.
Oudomxay and Xayaboury provinces each reported one imported case.
Khammuan recorded 66 imported cases, Savannakhet recorded 63 imported cases and 17 locally-transmitted cases, Saravan recorded 44 imported cases, and Champassak recorded 82 imported cases.

By Times Reporters
(Latest Update August 20, 2021)