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The government of Mongolia at the session decided to urgently evacuate Mongolian students from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is a center of the coronavirus today, Deputy Prime Minister Ölziisaikhany Enkhtüvshin said.
To date, 31 Mongolian students are in Wuhan. The Embassy of Mongolia in cooperation with the Chinese side started the process of evacuation of students from the country.
Minister of Health Davaajantsangiin Sarangerel said additional 150 beds are prepared in the national infectious diseases hospital in Ulaanbaatar. She also noted that the testing equipment for diagnosing the virus will be delivered from Japan on January 27.
Mongolia plans to ban passenger and vehicular movement via checkpoints from January 27. Restrictions are not applied to railway and air traffic movement of passengers.
The country shut down all schools and kindergartens until March 2. The emergency situations service of the country then also decided to terminate the activities of universities.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Mongolia banned all kinds of public meetings, including the activities of education centers, cyber games centers, trips, children’s play stations and others.
More than 250 Mongolian students could return from China. Some 31 students stay in Wuhan today, the Foreign Ministry of Mongolia reports.
Published Date:2020-01-28