Earlier today (10 March), State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs D.Davaasuren held a meeting with H.E. Philippe Merlin, French Ambassador in Ulaanbaatar.

State Secretary D.Davaasuren, as a member of the State Emergency Commission, fully briefed the Ambassador on the measures being taken by the Commission and made a request to cooperate and focus on taking measures to prevent spread of infections in Mongolia as well as the countries the patient had travelled to and transited through and following the advice of relevant organisations.

Dismayed to see false information about an unassociated individual on social media following the news about the first confirmed case in Mongolia, Ambassador Philippe Merlin voiced his concerns about the individual’s safety and requested the Mongolian side to take the appropriate measures.