A 36-year-old truck driver who recently arrived from Russia has been confirmed having the coronavirus infection; bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Mongolia to 316. The man entered through Altanbulag border crossings on 4 October; he is one of several truck drivers who have been infected in Russia.

Separately, a 57-year-old woman was discharged today (7 October) from the National Centre for Communicative Diseases after having fully recovered from coronavirus. The woman returned to Mongolia with the charter flight from Seattle in the USA on 2 September.

So far, 308 people or 98 percent of all patients who tested positive for coronavirus have recovered.