Vientiane
(2000 pop. 233,000). The city of Vientiane (or Viangchan, in Lao) is the capital of Laos and central to the cultural, commercial, and political life of Laos. It is situated in central Laos, ...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Laos on Thursday confirmed its first human victim
to avian influenza, a 15-year-old girl who was receiving medical
treatment across the border in Thailand.
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A woman in Laos believed to be the country's second bird flu victim died, Lao and U.N. health officials announced.Laboratory test results had shown that the woman, from the capital province of Vien...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Test results from a World Health Organization
(WHO) laboratory in Tokyo have confirmed that a 42-year-old woman who
died in Vientiane last week had bird flu,...
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A woman who fell ill last month is probably the second human victim of bird flu in Laos, although conclusive test results are still pending, a Health Ministry official said Sunday.Laboratory test r...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Laos' Public Health Ministry on Monday confirmed
that the country's first suspected human case of avian influenza has
been detected, following an outbreak of...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Land-locked Laos has reported its first "probable"
human casualty to avian influenza, a 42-year-old woman from
Vientiane, the capital, who died over the week...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Laos' Public Health Ministry on Monday confirmed
that the country's first suspected human case of avian influenza has
been detected, following an outbreak of...
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Health officials in Laos have confirmed the country's first human bird flu case, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, as the virus continues to spread in Asia and beyond.A 15-year-old girl l...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Sweden's decision to shut its embassy in Laos this
year was primarily due to a redirection of Swedish development aid
towards Africa but was also influenced ...
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