VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Nutrition remains a top priority for Laos because of its wide-reaching influence on the well-being, growth and development of children and the nation through the consumption of nutritious food.
Laos health officials are speeding up the Covid vaccination programme, aiming to vaccinate 87.25 per cent of the population by the end of this year. Vaccination is seen as essential in light of kick starting the tourism sector and the urgent need to rebuild the economy.
Laos' Ministry of Health has given approval for State Enterprise Pharmaceutical Factory No 3 to produce molnupiravir, an oral medication used in the treatment of Covid-19.