Mongolia to impose national lockdown www.menafn.com
In order to halt the growing record of the positive coronavirus infections across the state, the Mongolian government on Sunday prolonged a national lockdown by two weeks until Dec. 1.
Mongolia declared a nationwide lockdown to take effect as of 6 a.m. on Thursday (2200 GMT Wednesday) after the country confirmed its first COVID-19 case of local transmission, including a woman who is the wife of a 29-year-old infected Mongolian transport driver.
The driver returned home from Russia via Altanbulag border point and tested positive for the virus four days after he was released from the 21-day mandatory isolation on Nov. 6.
During a news briefing, the Yangu Sodbaatar, the country's deputy prime minister said that decision came as part of the efforts to isolate all people who have had close interaction with already-recognized local infections in the state.
Published Date:2020-11-16