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Mongolian custom official infected with Covid-19

Today (11 December), Mongolia has confirmed seven new cases; one in Selenge Province and six in Ulaanbaatar including acustoms official and his son.
So far, Mongolia has 905 confirmed cases of coronavirus; 473 of which have recovered.

UB begins decorating Christmas tree on Sukhbaatar Square

According to tradition, the 22-meter-high Christmas tree has arrived and is being decorated on Sukhbaatar Square, in the heart of Ulaanbaatar. The ceremony of lighting the tree will take place on 15 December.
This year Mongolians will celebrate New Year at

Beer-ban to end in UB – but woe for vodka drinkers!

The Emergency Commission of Ulaanbaatar City has decided to lift the bans on the sale and consumption bans of alcoholic beverages. The relaxation comes into force from Monday (14 December); on the same day, the public emergency situation will be

A nurse and four people confirmed with COVID-19

Today (10 December), Mongolia confirmed five new cases of coronavirus after testing 21470 people in laboratories nationwide. A nurse from the National Centre for Communicative Diseases and four other people who are family members from previous confirmed cases in Ulaanbaatar have

Another Mongolian Grand Champion obtains Japanese citizenship

Sumo grand champion Kakuryu, winner of six top division titles, has given up his Mongolian nationality and acquired Japanese citizenship, an official government publication showed Thursday.
By meeting the requirement to remain in the Japan Sumo Association as an senior-citizenafter retirement,

Mongolia arrests journalist on Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR).
Earlier today (10 December), Police arrested a journalist and two other employees from the

Grateful Wuhan donates testing kits to Mongolia

Central China’s Hubei Province, once ravaged by COVID-19, on Tuesday donated testing kits and tea to Mongolia, a token of gratitude to the Asian country that recently donated 30,000 sheep to support China’s COVID-19 fight.
At a ceremony held in Wuhan,

Mongolia reduces mandatory isolation period

As in many other countries, the length of time people are required to isolate has become a very controversial topic in Mongolia. Originally, the government stipulated a mandatory isolation period for those recovered from coronavirus or under observation with suspected

Strict lockdown to be lifted in Ulaanbaatar from Monday

The strict lockdown measure announced in Ulaanbaatar will be lifted from Monday (14 December) after a month. The Mongolian Government issued a second-degree emergency situation on 14 November after the first case of local transmissions of COVID-19 were confirmed in

Mongolia to conduct three charter flights in December

The National Emergency Commission has decided to resume the charter flights in December to evacuate Mongolians stranded in foreign countries. Therefore, MIAT, Mongolian airlines will conduct a charter flight to Frankfurt on 16 December, to Tokyo on 20 December and

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