A monk asked a question on COVID-19 during a briefing by MOH/WHO staff at Saphanthong Neua Temple, Vientiane Capital. Credit: WHO / S Khounpaseuth In the past couple of months, WHO has been working with the Ministry of Health, Centre of Communication and Education for Health (CCEH) to engage with mass organization like the Lao Front for National Development and the Lao Buddhist Fellowship to provide advice on safe funeral rites, practicing physical distancing when visiting temples and giving alms.
Since there has been only 20 confirmed cases of COVID-19, adherence fatigue has become an issue. With global cases increasing and surpassing 20 million, and many countries in this region are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, Laos may be at