A COVID-19 test site in Laos' Vientiane. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) The Lao Ministry of Health confirmed 826 new cases and fivedeaths on the day.
The local pandemic hotspot Vientiane recorded the highest number of cases nationwide, at 292, which was down by 197 cases from November 14.
The nation’s total caseload and death toll have so farreached 55,018 and 104, respectively.
In the Philippines, which has shut down schools since Marchto prevent the spreading of the pandemic, 100 out of more than 61,000 public schools havebeen selected for the two-month trial, which is expected to be expanded in thecoming weeks, education officials said.
Many of the schools are located in remote, mountainous orisland communities considered to be low risk for virus transmission.
The country has to date posted more than 2.8 million cases ofCOVID-19, with nearly 30 percent of its 110-million population fully vaccinatedso far.
Meanwhile, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen onNovember 14 announced quarantine-free travel for all fully vaccinated inboundpassengers starting Novemrber 15 after most of the country's population hasbeen vaccinated against COVID-19.
The local health ministry logged 52 cases of infections andfive deaths on November 15.
In Thailand, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)has allowed schools to offer in-person lectures starting from November 15, afterover 80 percent of secondary school students in the area have been vaccinatedagainst COVID-19 and the number of daily infections have declined continually.
Schools that will reopen must comply to Ministry ofEducation’s “Sandbox: Safety Zone in School” measures, said Bangkok governorAswin Kwanmuang on November 14 via a Facebook post.
On the morning of November 15, Thailand recorded anadditional 6,343 new cases and 45 deaths, including 790 new infections and one death in Bangkok./.
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