At least eight people, two of them children, have lost their lives in the floods caused by the continuous rains in Mongolia. Recently, five people were swept away with their car by flood waters in the South Gobi Province

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Some 30900 Mongolian students took the General Entrance Exam on 2-5 July. According to officials, the exam attendance was 89.5 percent.

This year, 27 students achieved 800 points, which is the highest score in mathematics; 14 of them were from Ulaanbaatar.

Five Mongolians aged 20-30 were confirmed earlier today (7 July) as having the coronavirus infection; this brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 225. The five were among the 85 Mongolians repatriated from Russia yesterday (6

Three more Mongolians have been discharged from the National Centre for Communicative Diseases (NCCD) after having fully recovered from coronavirus.

So far, the country has 220 confirmed cases of coronavirus; 188 of whom have recovered. In other words, Mongolia’s recovery rate

A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported today (6 July) in Bayan-Ulgii, western Mongolian province. According to our sources, a 15-year-old boy with a fever admitted in provincial hospital after handling a dead marmot killed by a dog.

Separately,

Quarantine measures announced in two soums (districts) of Khovd Province, in western Mongolia were suspended on Sunday (5 July) from 1.00 p.m. The two soums were closed on 29 May after bubonic plague was reported.

According to, the National Centre for

The Bayanburd Traffic Circle and road to III and IV District of Ulaanbaatar will be closed for three nights from today (3 July) until Monday (6 July). The road will be closed only at night-time between 11.00 p.m. and 06.00

The traditional Naadam Festival will take place at the XIII Century Complex, 90 km east of Ulaanbaatar. The impressive site is owned by Genco Tour. According to B.Baatar, director of Hero Entertainment, the traditional festival of the so-called ‘three manly