According to Head of the Surveillance Department of the NCCD A.Ambaselmaa, coronavirus tests have been conducted on 750 people at two laboratories on the national level on August 18 and the test results all came out negative. Three peacekeepers aged 27, 22 and 31 have made recovery from the coronavirus and have been transferred into sanatorium-based isolation facility, the next stage of mandatory isolation today.

As a result, 281 of 298 total COVID-19 cases recorded in Mongolia have recovered. A total of 17 people are currently receiving treatment at the NCCD. 15 of them are in mild and 2 are in serious health condition.

“A pregnant mother, who had been in quarantine in an isolation facility, delivered a baby girl weighted 2.800 gr at 02.00 am of August 19,” Ms. Ambaselmaa added.