On 3 February, Mongolia evacuated 31 students and a child from the Chinese city of Wuhan, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus. After the successful evacuation, the flight crew from the national flag carrier MIAT along with the students

A magnitude 5 earthquake was reported earlier today (3 March) near Erdenet, the third largest city in Mongolia. According to the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, the earthquake occurred at 3.16 p.m. and the epicenter was 6 km from the

As roads between the provinces and cities re-opened today at 6.00 a.m., a long queue of cars quickly formed at the road posts on the highways into the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. The National Emergency Commission (NEC) took the drastic step

As of today (3 March), the coronavirus infection has been reported in 73 countries; nine of them are first cases; 38 countries have below 10 cases.

Since 6 January, Mongolia has taken 810 people into observation for suspected coronavirus infection. Currently,

A team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) arrived earlier today (2 March) in Mongolia to advise and support the country in preventing the spread of coronavirus outbreak that, so far, has killed more than 3000 people in China and

The Mongolian National Emergency Commission held a meeting earlier today (2 March) regarding advanced emergency readiness and preparation for preventing the spread of coronavirus, which has now appeared in more than 60 countries.

The Commission has ordered governmental and public enterprises

Although located directly north of China, Mongolia is one of few countries where there have not been any confirmed cases of coronavirus. In order to prevent the spread of the infection, Mongolia took drastic steps such as canceling the annual

Mongolia will re-open roads between provinces and cities from 3 March at 6.00 a.m. The National Emergency Commission (NEC) took the drastic step of closing all roads connecting provinces and major towns and cities nationwide from 23 February in order