The Covid-19 infection has been spreads in with alarming speed in Mongolia after the first local transmission case was reportedonly days ago. Since the beginning of the crisis, Mongolia has 557 confirmed cases of coronavirus – 122 of them are locally transmitted.

According to health officials, evidence has emerged that Covid-19 has been spreading along the railway in Mongolia; subsequently, all local passenger services have been cancelled.

In the light of this evidence, Mongolia has started testing railway workers. As of today, 8900 railway workers have already participated in coronavirus tests. There are a total of 15,629 people working in railway sector nationwide.