covid-19 pandemic in laos covid-19 pandemic in laos the covid-19 pandemic in laos is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). on 24 march 2020, laos became the last country in southeast asia to report its confirmed case of the virus. as of 05 june 2022, there were a total of 210,081 cases and 756 deaths. on 4 may 2021, laos exceeded 1,000 cases of covid-19. five days later, the country recorded the first death. covid-19 pandemic in laosmap of provinces with confirmed coronavirus cases as of 13 may 2023: confirmed 1–9 confirmed 10–99 confirmed 100-999 confirmed 1,000-9,999 confirmed ≥ 10,000diseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationlaosfirst outbreakwuhan, chinaindex casevientianearrival date24 march 2020(3 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days)confirmed cases218,085recovered217,279deaths671fatality rate0.31%government websitecentre of information and education for health on 21 december 2021, laos overtook china in terms of the number of confirmed covid-19 cases. background on 12 january 2020, the world health organization (who) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in wuhan city, hubei province, china, which was reported to the who on 31 december 2019. the case fatality ratio for covid-19 has been much lower than sars of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. timeline march on 13 march, provincial authorities closed some of border posts. on 24 march, laos confirmed its first two covid-19 cases, becoming the last southeast asian country infected with coronavirus. on 26 march, the vientiane times confirmed the country's third covid-19 case. on 27 march, there were six cases confirmed. two more men from luang prabang, and one from vientiane. on 28 march, there were 2 more confirmed, bringing a total to 8. on 30 march, there was 1 more confirmed, bringing everything to a total of 9. april on 1 april, one more case was confirmed, bringing a total to 10. on 5 april 2020, the 11th case was reported as a 55-year-old man from papua new guinea. the government announced a lockdown on 29, march, starting on 30 march. all land borders closed and the last flights departed from luang prabang and vientiane occurred on 1 april. may by may 18, more restrictions had been loosened, allowing domestic travel, without foreign travellers allowed. june on 2 june, students returned to classrooms. on 4 june, the government allowed foreign travellers into the country. july to december on 25 july, one new case was confirmed. it was a south korean national. 2,621 people were isolated over concerns. march a second wave of vaccinations occurred. may on the morning of 9 may, laos recorded the first death due to covid-19. the embassy of vietnam in vientiane confirmed that was a vietnamese woman died after one week of treatment. statistics covid-19 pandemic in laos (per who) province confirmed deaths savannakhet 6,865 8 vientiane 6,299 6 champasak 5,076 4 khammouane 2,503 1 salavan 1,653 1 bokeo 1,097 0 luang prabang 613 0 vientiane province 341 1 bolikhamsai 138 0 luang namtha 103 0 xaisomboun 82 0 xayaboury 55 0 oudomxay 38 0 xiangkhouang 26 0 attapeu 12 0 sekong 8 0 phongsaly 7 0 confirmed new cases per day confirmed deaths per day confirmed cases march - july 2020 details of the confirmed cases in laos case date age gen⁠der national⁠ity location treatment facility previous country been to status note source 1 24 march 2020 28 male laos vientiane thailand discharged 2 24 march 2020 36 female vientiane no tour guide 3 25 march 2020 26 male vientiane europe close contact with case 1 4 26 march 2020 42 male luang prabang no driver of same tour group as case 2. 5 26 march 2020 42 male luang prabang no 6 26 march 2020 41 male vientiane no in patient close contact with case 3 7 28 march 2020 50 female luang prabang no in patient wife of case 5 8 28 march 2020 18 male vientiane no in patient close contact with case 3 9 29 march 2020 22 female vientiane thailand in patient visited her relative in bangkok 10 25 march 2020 21 female vientiane no in patient close contact with case 8 11 5 april 2020 55 male papua new guinea vientiane papua new guinea in patient mining company employee 12 6 april 2020 20 female laos vientiane united kingdom in patient been on the same flight as case 11 from bangkok to vientiane 13 7 april 2020 40 male vientiane no close contact with case 11 14 7 april 2020 19 female vientiane united kingdom 15 8 april 2020 20 female vientiane united kingdom close contact with case 12. been on the same flight with cases 11 and 12. 16 10 april 2020 23 female vientiane no close contact with case 10. 17 11 april 2020 32 female vientiane no in patient close contact with case 16. 18 11 april 2020 32 female vientiane no in patient 19 12 april 2020 21 male vientiane no in patient 20 27 july 2020 32 male south korea vientiane japan assistance a girl receives a pfizer pediatric vaccine donated by the united states the laotian times says china sent medical experts, medical equipment and medicines, to help laos fight covid-19. on 27 march, vietnam offers help by sending medical equipment worth us$100,000. in april 2021, the vietnamese government decided to provide a financial aid of us$500,000 to fight against covid disease, in addition to sending experts and supporting additional medical equipment for laos. on 4 may 2021, vietnam's deputy minister of health nguyen truong son and 32 experts departed for laos to set up field hospitals, increase emergency resuscitation and strengthen testing capacity. censorship some people have been arrested for allegedly spreading false information about the covid-19 pandemic.