Earlier today (21 May), the National Emergency Commission reported that some 500 Mongolians who are stranded in Russia will be evacuated next week amid high risks of coronavirus infection. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Mongolia has increased to 140; most of them were people who have been evacuated from Russia.

According to one source, Mongolian nationals, including students, who are in the European part of Russia, will be brought home on 25 May by a charter flight. Furthermore, Mongolians who staying in cities in the the Ural Mountains and Siberia will return through the Kyakta-Altanbulag border checkpoint on 26-27 May.

This time, some 500 Mongolians or half of those who applied to return home from Russia will be evacuated.