A 41-year-old man has been injured in a seven-car pile-up in the Songinokhairkhan District of Ulaanbaatar. The serious accident took place yesterday (15 April) at 9.35 p.m, at the Bayankhoshuu Intersection. According to one source, the driver of a Hyundai

A serious bush fire is burning in the Bayandun Soum of Dornod Province in the far east of Mongolia. The blaze appears to started yesterday morning (15 April). A team consisting of 24 firefighters, 24 local volunteers and 13 border

Mongolian health officials reported today (16 April), that there is a new confirmed case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 31. The patient is a Mongolian student, who had been staying at the

Yesterday (14 April), a state of emergency was declared at Ulaanbaatar’s Songdo Hospital: Two men aged over 80 and 40, who were undergoing cancer and bronchitis treatments, were tested by a rapid test for the novel coronavirus, resulting in positive,

World Vision International yesterday (14 April) handed over personal protective equipment together with disinfectant devices to Mongolian police officers who are executing duties on the  frontline to prevent the  coronavirus infection.

World Vision Mongolia International has been providing assistance to poor

Two Australian  academics from Griffith University working from home offices in Brisbane are helping medics in Mongolia prepare for COVID-19 and beyond.

Mongolia has so far seen only 30 confirmed cases, with 5 recovered patients and 25 active cases. None have

Under the instruction of Mongolian Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh, resorts both inside and beyond Ulaanbaatar reopened today (15 April).  Quarantined since mid-February, residents in Ulaanbaatar are eager to go out in the fresh air at the weekend. The rationale of reopening

Russia confirmed 2,774 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 21,102 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases. Officially, 170 people have been killed by the virus. The majority of Russia’s cases

The Ulaanbaatar municipal organisation offices are to move to the New Yarmag Centre in the Khan-Uul District of the capital. Consisting of three blocks, the new office complex will cover 58262 square meters; the  total allocated area is to be

The National Emergency Commission has announced a ‘mask challenge’, from 12 April to 31 May in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The action was taken because many Mongolians had decided the risk had passed and had stopped wearing