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Mongolia confirms one new coronavirus case


(MENAFN)

Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) reported on Monday, June 8th that one more COVID-19 case, pushing the total number of infected people 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 briefing.

Nyamkhuu added, "We are now preparing to receive Mongolian nationals who will return home from COVID-19-hit countries on next chartered flights."

About 2,000 Mongolian nationals from countries such as Kazakhstan, Japan, India, South Korea, and Germany will be imported to the country chartered flights this month, according to the Mongolian Foreign Ministry.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, above 10,000 nationals have been returned to their country by chartered flights, buses, or trains from COVID-19-hit countries, the country's State Emergency Commission has said.

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