So far, the World Health Organisation has approved three COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. Mongolia approved itself those vaccines on 10 January, 2021. The country of 3.3 billion has joined in Covax programme with support from UNICEF to obtain the vaccines.

Therefore, the government is planning to vaccinate 60 percent of its population – or over 2 million people above age 18 – from the beginning of March.

Firstly, health workers, people with chronic diseases and senior citizens will get 300 thousand jabs in cooperation between the Mongolian Government and the governments of China, Russia and India.