Yesterday night (19 January), a woman who has just given birth was confirmed with coronavirus in the First Maternity Hospital in Ulaanbaatar. When medical workers transferring the woman with her new born child from hospital to the National Centre for Communicative Diseases, they

Today (20 January), 32 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Ulaanbaatar, bringing the total tally in the Mongolian capital to 741.
So far, Mongolia has had 1568 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic; 1067 of

Police in northern Mongolia have seized 29 dead marmots from a vehicle – the rodents are known to be carriers of the deadly bubonic plague – the country’s Ecological Police Department (EPD) said on Monday(18 Jan).
The dead marmots were found

NATO has marked the successful conclusion of a multi-year project designed to bolster the cyber-defence capacity of Mongolia, one of NATO’s partners across the globe. The project ran between 2017 and 2020 and was supported by NATO’s Science for Peace

The import and export goods volume via Erenhot, the largest crossing point on the China-Mongolia border, rose 13.5 percent on the previous year to more than 17 million tonnes in 2020, according to the port’s customs.
In 2020, around 14.7 million

Bayankhongor, a southwestern Mongolian province, has been providing hay near wildlife habitats to help animals survive the extreme wintry weather. In Mongolia, such extreme weather conditions are known as Dzud.
Local officials have been putting out hay and feed for various

MIAT, Mongolian airlines will conduct two charter flights to Seoul this week. The National Emergency Commission decided to repatriate Mongolians who are currently stranded in South Korea with charter flights on 22 and 31 January. The flights come amid demonstrations

The National Emergency Commission of the Khuvsgul Province has made it illegal to drive on the ice of Lake Khuvsgul and local rivers after a strong earthquake hit the region. The thick ice of the lake, which normally can bear

It has been revealed that 80 percent of Mongolian population – many of whom live in poverty – want to get the coronavirus vaccine for free; some, 61 percent of Mongolians want to get jabs even if they have to

The Mongolian government downgraded its state of emergency preparedness in Ulaanbaatar from 11 January. Also, in connection with this decision, all but 18 business categories are permitted to resume limited operations. In addition, the National Emergency Commission has decided to