He said “The novel coronavirus infections have been recorded in 155 countries of the world with over 150 thousand confirmed cases and over 6500 deaths. The World Health Organization announced that Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic. The Government of Mongolia and the State Emergency Commission have taken the same measures as all other countries. It is getting more risky for the country to receive flights further. Because there were citizens who shown symptoms of the infection among the evacuees carried on the charter flights from overseas countries and they are held in isolation in the National Center for Communicable Disease. Since repatriation of its citizens repeatedly increases risk, maybe there will be no way other than restricting this movement further. Therefore, we are calling on our citizens to be halted in the countries they are residing or staying and stay healthy in order to ensure security of the country.

Some 800 citizens are returning to their home country on three charter flights. Furthermore, a charter plane has taken off from Japan this morning at 09:00 am and it will land at 20:25 at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport.

Another charter plane of the MIAT Mongolian Airlines is to take off from Istanbul on March 18 to carry citizens who made requests to arrive their home country.

Household spending and purchase state are used to define consumer confidence index. And it becomes significant information on prediction of future economic trend.

“The future expectation index grew up by 10.9 percent from the same period of the previous year. Whereas, index towards current economic state declined this time,” she said.

Consumer Confidence Index measures the degree of optimism that consumers feel about the overall state of the country's economy and their personal financial situation. And the economy grows when consumer confidence index shows more optimistic results.

Our country has been conducting the survey since 2009.

All international arrivals into Beijing must go into quarantine facilities for 14 days, and those sent to facilities must pay for their stay.

Travellers had previously been allowed to undergo isolation at home.

The number of imported cases in China have outnumbered domestic ones for three straight days.

There were four new local cases reported on Monday, all of which were in Wuhan.

The increase of precious metal purchase was caused by price growth of gold on the world market and that until the adoption of amendments to the related law, 10 percent royalty was imposed in the same period of last year. Moreover, the central bank’s purchase of 1.7 tons of white silver from domestic entities since the arrival of the year also affected to the increase.

Throughout February, the average price for a gram of gold stood at MNT 140.292.94. While the announced rate by the BoM on March 11 was MNT 147,096.92 for a gram of gold and MNT 1,492.43 for a gram of silver respectively.

The Central Bank has been ensuring its preparation to sell one ounce of silver bar, which is made from white silver extracted in Mongolia, as well as 1000 gram of silver bar, gold pellet packed in 4 kg and certified precious metals starting from April by the request of individuals and organizations. It will allow to launch trade of certified precious metal on the domestic market, to use them with the purpose of souvenir and small and medium business runners and craftsmen to craft jewelry items made of white silver whose origin is clear.

As of today, a total of 207 people who had direct contact with the French national have also tested negative. The 59-year-old Frenchman, was confirmed Covid-19 positive on Tuesday 10 March, being the first case in coronavirus-free Mongolia. He is now undergoing treatment at the National Centre for Communicative Diseases.

The French father of two, had been in Mongolia since 2 March, where he had arrived from Moscow on an Aeroflot flight.

The new infrastructure, including upgraded heating and sanitation systems, a river embankment, kindergarten, and business incubator center, are making the ger area cleaner, safer, and more environmentally resilient.

Some 840,000 people, 60% of the population of Ulaanbaatar and 30% of everyone in the country, live in these unplanned ger neighborhoods.

The flight landed in the Chinggis Khaan International Airport in the capital city of Ulan Bator with 244 passengers onboard, according to Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar.

After the suspension of flights due to the epidemic, the Mongolian government planned to evacuate at least 1,000 Mongolians staying in South Korea on four chartered flights, including pregnant women, the elderly and children.

After returning to their home country, the evacuees will spend 14 days in quarantine.

At yesterday’s meeting, officials of Ulaanbaatar city noted that some project implementing companies encountered several problems, such as failure to reach an agreement with landowners and lack of buyer demand for apartments built within the re-planning. Considering the issues, a working group has developed a draft to make some amendments to the regulation and the council discussed the draft, agreeing to discuss it again at the next meeting.

Also at the meeting, a re-planning of Yarmag, an emerging housing district in the western area of the city, was touched upon. It is planned that the Yaramg’s current Ger district areas will be developed as townhouse districts, and its main streets are planned to have residential apartments and buildings to be served as shops and services.

Ulaanbaatar city municipality reported that a total of 268 ha land area of Ger districts in Khan-Uul district, including the Yarmag, will be re-developed to accommodate 40200 people of 11100 households. A secondary school for 7680 students, a kindergarten for 2880 children and 770-bed hospital are planned in the area.