All adults of Mongolia's capital to get first doses of COVID-19 vaccines by May 8 www.xinhuanet.com
April 28 (Xinhua) -- All adult residents of Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator will receive the first jabs of COVID-19 vaccines before May 8, the date marking the end of the ongoing national lockdown, Mongolian Health Minister Sereejav Enkhbold said Wednesday.
In addition, the government has planned to offer the second doses of the vaccines to the adults in the city by the end of May, said Enkhbold.
Mongolia has so far registered a total of 33,608 COVID-19 cases, and most of them were detected in Ulan Bator, which is the hardest hit by COVID-19 and home to over half of the country's 3.3 million population.
The full nationwide lockdown, aimed at curbing the steep surge in local COVID-19 cases, took effect on April 10.
The Asian country is planning to vaccinate at least 60 percent of its total population against COVID-19, and 744,564 Mongolians have so far received jabs of vaccines, according to the country's health ministry
Published Date:2021-04-29