Earlier today (27 July) at 7:40 a.m., 266Mongolian nationals who had been stranded in Europe returned home by a charter flight from Frankfurt to Ulaanbaatar. However, four passengers suspected as having thecoronavirus infection and four of their direct contacts have

A road between Sainshand, the administrative centre of the Dornogobi Province and Khamriin Khiid was closed yesterday (26 July). According to officials, the road was damaged by flooding caused by the continuing heavy rain. Currently, reconstruction work is continuing on

Several cases of bubonic plague recorded in Mongolia are not interrelated, do not represent an outbreak of the disease and are a usual occurrence for this region, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Pirogov Medical University of

Known as Przewalski’s horses, the ancient species has narrowly avoided extinction thanks to breeding programmes at zoos worldwide and the re-introduced to a wildlife reserve in the animal’s original homeland. Now, the population of the unique breed has reached 100

A man from Kazakhstan who entered Mongolia through the Altanbulag border crossing in the north of the country, was confirmed today (24 July) as having the coronavirus infection. The latest victim of the virus works as an international truck driver.

A 34-year-old woman has been discharged from the National Centre Communicative Diseases; she is now under further observation at a resort  having fully recovered from coronavirus. To date (23 July), the total number of recoveries from coronavirus has reached 214.

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Considered by many as an eye-sore and no longer fit for purpose, a well-known Ulaanbaatar building – the ‘Urt Tsagaan’ – is being demolished. The order to pull down the multi-purpose structure was issued by Ulaanbaatar City Mayor S.Amarsaikhan. The

In order to prevent people drowning in the Tuul, which flows through Ulaanbaatar, officers from the National Emergency Management Agency have been patrolling the river with by boats. A total of 1149 officers with 230 boats and vehicles are patrolling