A member of the nucleic acid test expert team from China's Yunnan Province carries out nucleic acid testing for a Chinese passenger quarantined at Landmark Hotel in Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 21, 2022.
The Chinese team started testing work in three quarantine hotels in Lao capital Vientiane for the Chinese passengers waiting for flights to return home. (Photo by Soulinan Vongsanti/Xinhua)
VIENTIANE, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese medical personnel on Monday kicked off its COVID-19 testing service in three quarantined hotels in the Lao capital Vientiane for the Chinese nationals there waiting for flights headed for China.
In view of the complexity of the COVID-19 situation in Laos and responding to the needs in the joint prevention and control of COVID-19 between China and Laos, the nucleic acid testing team was dispatched to Vientiane on Feb. 7 on an assistance mission.
The team, from China's southwestern Yunnan province, includes six experts on medical testing and traditional Chinese medicine.
Its main tasks in Vientiane include providing on-site COVID-19 nucleic acid testing services, guiding the health monitoring and closed-loop transfer of Chinese air passengers in the seven days before their departure for China, and introducing China's successful experiences of epidemic prevention and control to the related authorities in Laos.
After arriving in Vientiane, the expert team has helped the Lao side in formulating a strategy on managing quarantine hotels, and worked out COVID-19 testing service guidelines for the China-bound flights from Laos by Chinese carriers.
The Chinese experts have also provided emergency testing services at the Vientiane station and training center of the China-Laos Railway, contributing to the railway's safe and stable operation. ■
Members of the nucleic acid test expert team from China's Yunnan Province prepare to carry out nucleic acid testing for Chinese passengers quarantined at Landmark Hotel in Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 21, 2022.
The Chinese team started testing work in three quarantine hotels in Lao capital Vientiane for the Chinese passengers waiting for flights to return home. (Photo by Soulinan Vongsanti/Xinhua)
A member of the nucleic acid test expert team from China's Yunnan Province carries out nucleic acid testing for a Chinese passenger quarantined at Landmark Hotel in Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 21, 2022.
The Chinese team started testing work in three quarantine hotels in Lao capital Vientiane for the Chinese passengers waiting for flights to return home. (Photo by Soulinan Vongsanti/Xinhua)
A member of the nucleic acid test expert team from China's Yunnan Province carries out nucleic acid testing for a Chinese passenger quarantined at Landmark Hotel in Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 21, 2022.
The Chinese team started testing work in three quarantine hotels in Lao capital Vientiane for the Chinese passengers waiting for flights to return home. (Photo by Soulinan Vongsanti/Xinhua)
