COVID-19: Response by Mongolia

On 10 March 2020, Mongolia confirmed the country’s first positive case of COVID-19. Amidst the world grappling with COVID-19 deaths, Mongolia has been successfully containing the virus, with 186 lives affected till date.

Mongolia, a land-locked country, sharing 4,630 kms of border with China where the outbreak of COVID-19 started, while also sharing border with Russia, where the rate of infection has been increasing at a fast rate with over 5,000 deaths till date, has become a model in Asia which has been able to handle the epidemic, in a swift manner, with no causalities.