Mongolian Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene is reported to be considering plans to open the country’s borders to vaccinated foreign tourists by May.  PM L.Oyun-Erdene has held a meeting with representatives from the country’s tourism and hotels sector. He noted that Mongolia

Earlier today (25 February), Mrs. A.Ambaselmaa, Head of the Surveillance and Research Centre of the National Centre for Communicative Diseases submitted a letter of retirement. The NCCD has been – and remains – organisation responsible for spearheading Mongolia’s fight against

It has been two days since Mongolia started its vaccination programme against COVID-19 after receiving the first patch of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India. Mongolia aims to vaccinate more than 14,000 employees from 16 sectors including health care. So far,

Yesterday (24 February), a total of 210 doctors and nurses received the first doses of the WHO-approved AstraZeneca vaccine. The National Emergency Commission has ruled to prioritise health workers during the first round of the vaccination rollout. Mongolia intends to

On Monday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) delivered a batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the Mongolian armed forces at the latter’s request and with the approval of the Central Military Commission, said China’s Ministry of National Defence. A total

Yesterday (24 February), at 9.41 am local time, two earthquakes, measuring 4.1-4.4 magnitudes, shook Mongolia’s South Gobi (Umnugobi) Province near the Chinese border. The epicenters were both in Ikh Uul, which is located about 18 km from the administrative centre

Today (24 February), Mongolia confirmed 32 new cases of coronavirus – nine of them from the mass testing of Ulaanbaatar households. A total of 131 people have been confirmed having coronavirus after one member from each household took the COVID-19

Scholars of the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (MNUMS) are working to develop a new PCR test kit to detect antibodies against SARS-Cov-2 in samples of saliva.

The scientists launched the project in December 2020 and intend to complete it