D.Nyamkhuu, Director of the National Center of Communicable Diseases: “221 passengers aboard the government arranged charter flight all went under testing for coronavirus and one person is confirmed to be infected with the coronavrius. As of today, 184 people are being monitored under isolation at the NCCD in Ulaanbaatar. Moreover, random samples taken from 25 people at local hospitals were all negative for Covid-19. And every time new coronavirus case is confirmed, all close contacts are identified and placed under monitoring. Around MNT 800 thousand is being spent on each coronavirus patient, including costs for personal protective equipment for the healthcare team members. Each team consists of seven members, including doctors, nurses and caretakers”.

Between March 15-19, the government of Mongolia arranged evacuation flights to Seoul, Japan, Berlin and Istanbul, to bring back Mongolian nationals stranded aboard due to coronavirus travel restrictions around the world.

The confirmed coronavirus cases now total 11, all of them are imported cases, including a French national and 10 Mongolians flew from abroad.

As the State Emergency Commission has announced to charter several more quarantine flights to repatriate Mongolians aboard starting from April 1, health organizations are taking preparatory measures to accommodate them.