Mongolia reports one more COVID-19 case, chartered flights ready to bring home nationals www.xinhuanet.com
June 8 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) confirmed on Monday one more COVID-19 case, bringing the total infections in the country to 194.
The latest case is a 38-year-old Russian citizen who is a transport driver, Dulmaa Nyamkhuu, head of the NCCD, said at a daily press conference.
"We are now preparing to receive Mongolian nationals who will return home from COVID-19-hit countries on next chartered flights," Nyamkhuu said.
About 2,000 Mongolian nationals from countries including Kazakhstan, Japan, India, South Korea and Germany will return home on chartered flights this month, according to the Mongolian Foreign Ministry.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Mongolia has evacuated about 10,000 nationals by chartered flights, buses or trains from COVID-19-hit countries, the country's State Emergency Commission has said.
All the 194 confirmed cases in Mongolia, including five foreigners, are imported ones, mostly from Russia. No local transmissions or deaths have been reported in the country so far.
Among the confirmed cases, 75 patients have recovered from the disease so far. Enditem
Published Date:2020-06-09