Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs L.Munkhtushig gave a statement earlier today (11 Aug) at a press briefing of the Operative Team of the State Emergency Commission (SEC).  Since 28 January, Mongolia has repatriated a total of 17117 of its nationals from pandemic-hit countries; the breakdown was: some 3000 of them were from South Korea, nearly 900 from USA, about 1200 from Europe and almost 500 from Southeast Asia.

Currently, over 12,000 Mongolians who are stranded in foreign countries have applied to return on charter flights.