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Temperatures in Mongolia rising faster than global average

Mongolia already has encountered and will continue to experience significant warming and drying as a result of the climate crisis. Temperatures are rising faster than the global average. This is already being felt by communities across Mongolia, challenging traditional pastoralist–herder

Covid-19 related deaths decreasing in Mongolia

Today (11 August), Mongolia reported 1433 new cases of coronavirus; 524 of them were in Ulaanbaatar city and 909 in the country’s 21 provinces. Unfortunately, three people – all aged over 80 – have died of Covid-19; bringing the total

Mongolia takes anti Bubonic Plague measures

Mongolia is imposing a three-year ban on hunting marmots. The reason behind the decision is preventing the bubonic plague from spreading to people, and determining the current range and population size of marmots in the country.

The bubonic plague is a

Mongolians suffering air pollution from Siberian wildfires

In recent days, the capital city and some northern and central provinces of Mongolia have been covered with white smoke, which is from Russia’s Siberian wildfires.

According to the meteorological agency, the smoke will repeatedly cover northern parts of Mongolia as

Westernmost Mongolian province hard hit by Covid-19

Mongolia’s westernmost province of Bayan-Ulgii was a Covid-19 free zone until 2 June; however, a person who arrived from Ulaanbaatar was confirmed having coronavirus while in quarantine at home. Now, within two months, the province has 2721 confirmed cases of

Covid-19 toll in Mongolia reaches 827

Today (3 August), Mongolia confirmed 1019 new cases of coronavirus: 220 in the capital Ulaanbaatar and 799 in the provinces. This indicated that Covid-19 infection is decreasing in Ulaanbaatar, but increasing across the rest of the country. Separately, four people

Water-related accidents kill 78 in Mongolia so far this year

A total of 78 people have been killed in 67 water-related accidents across Mongolia so far this year, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency said on Monday. Unfortunately, 17 of them were children.

According to the agency, 29 of them lost

More Mongolians losing their lives due to Covid-19

A total of 782 people have died of Covid-19 in Mongolia since November, 2020, when the country of three million confirmed its first local transmission.

Earlier today (26 July), Mongolia’s Health Ministry reported that eight people aged between 21 and above