Italy is making coronavirus tests for visitors from China mandatory following an explosion in cases in China, the health minister said Wednesday. “I have ordered mandatory COVID-19 antigenic swabs, and related virus sequencing, for all passengers coming from China and transiting through Italy,” minister Orazio Schillaci said. The measure was “essential to ensure the surveillance and identification of any
NASA is exploring whether SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station after a Russian capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbital lab. NASA and Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, are investigating the cause of a punctured coolant line on an external radiator of Russia’s Soyuz
On December 22, a signing ceremony for “the Exchange of Notes for the Economic and Social Development Plan (Provision of road repair equipment)” was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane. From December 21 to 23, Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei Shunsuke was visiting Laos to exchange views with Lao Party and government leaders on enhancing
Russian GDP may decline by 1% next year, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov has told the Rossiya-24 television channel. “Naturally, the [economic growth] of 3% will not be achieved next year. It will certainly be lower. I think it will hover around zero. Our forecast is approximately minus one percent, maybe slightly less. Something like 1-0%. The first
Mr. Bounsu Surinanthong, member of the National Assembly for Attapeu Province has called on relevant authorities to provide a certain amount of funding for the treatment of sick prisoners as there are some cases in which inmates die in prison or at hospital due to their late admission for medical help. On Dec 27, the National Assembly (NA) approved two
Senior officials of central Quang Tri province of Vietnam and Laos’ Savannakhet and Saravan provinces held talks in the Vietnamese locality’s Dong Ha city on Dec 27, during which they signed cooperation agreements in various fields for 2023-2025. This was an activity to mark the 60th founding anniversary of Laos – Vietnam diplomatic relations (Sep 5), and 45 years since
