Mongolia has taken early and decisive measures to prevent COVID-19 entering and spreading domestically across the country. Despite the limited cases confirmed in Mongolia, the household-level shocks caused by COVID-19 will be long-lasting and will disproportionally hit the poor and

The Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar is claimed to be the coldest national capital in the world with temperatures falling to a numbing -30 Celsius and below. Today (22 July), the temperature has reached a record-breaking 33 Celsius in Ulaanbaatar after week

Since the Covid-19 pandemic started spreading globally in January, over 67,000 Mongolian nationals have been repatriated from 44 countries. The country of just over 3 million, is one of the world leaders for repatriation of its citizens. At present, another

On 17 June, Ulaanbaatar City Primary Court decided to ban young Mongolian wrestler E.Oyunbold from competing in wrestling for two years and revoke his title of Titan. The wrestler, who is from the north-eastern Khentii province, was found guilty of

A Russian national has died after being released from 21-days of isolation in Mongolia. Ms. A.Ambaselmaa, Head of the Surveillance Department of the National Centre for Communicative Diseases, has said that the Russian did not die of COVID-19, although Mongolian

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), in consultation with FIFA, has announced the proposed dates for the remaining matches of Round 2 in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers which have been postponed

Mongolian customs said on Monday that they recently seized six grams of narcotic drugs from a Mongolian citizen.

“We foiled an attempt to smuggle six grams of narcotic drugs hidden in a plastic wet tissue bag via Gashuunsukhait border point on

Officers from Selenge provincial department of Mongolia’s National Emergency Management Agency have been vaccinated against bubonic plague. In addition, officers from three NEMA divisions have been trained for prevention and fighting the ‘Black Death’ which killed over 50 million people

Flash floods occurred in several parts of Mongolia due to prolonged heavy rainfall which has lasted from 17 June 2020; unfortunately, the forecast is that the bad weather will continue until the end of July. The abnormal rainfall has averaged

At today’s daily brief by health officials, shocking news has revealed: According to A.Ambaselmaa, Head of the Surveillance Department of the National Centre for Communicative Disease, more than 20 people who has been considered fully recovered from COVID-19 have tested