Mongolia has quarantined all schools, universities and kindergartens until 2 March in order to prevent the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus. The move has had positive effect in reducing the seasonal flu outbreaks which has decreased across the country.

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According to custom officials, Mongolia imported 68.7 thousand face masks in January, 2020; this is an increase of 59.0 thousand on the same period previous year. This demand for masks is being driven by highly infectious coronavirus outbreak in China.

As of today (6 February), a total of seven people in addition to the students evacuated from Wuhan have been isolated at the Mongolian National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD). Among them, an Australian man has been examined and isolated:

Spoons are known to have been used during the time of ancient Egypt, and the Shang dynasty as early as 4,000 years ago. We now know that ancient Mongolians used to make spoons out of bone at least 3,800 years

Earlier today (5 February), Mongolia evacuated more than 300 people from Erenhot, which is located in northern China. As we have reported, the government in Ulaanbaatar has closed border with its southern neighbour until 2 March, however, three buses evacuating

Recently, there has been great concern about the declining numbers of Mongolian Saiga antelopes. However, there is good news: the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has reported that the population of the animals reached 5074 in January 2020, representing

Mongolian health officials confirmed that 31 students and a child evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan have tested negative of the coronavirus infection. Officials have isolated all those involved in the evacuation including 15 people from flight crew from

Mongolia has closed its border with China for cars and buses until 2 March; however, official exports and imports are continuing normally. The Mongolian Government is, however, taking additional steps to help export or import companies prevent infection from coronavirus