Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulithl and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, opened the first railway between their countries via video conference on Friday, the Laos News Agency reported

The Laotian coronavirus response center has registered the country's first death from the virus, media reported

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has signed a decree to close the border and introduce a general quarantine across the country from March 30-April 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Vientiane Times newspaper reported

Laos has recorded first two coronavirus cases on its soil, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center said on Tuesday