ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Mar 11 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – Mongolia’s State Emergency Commission, on Tuesday, decided to suspend all scheduled flights to and from Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan, from Friday through Mar 28.
The move came after a French national in Mongolia tested positive for the COVID-19, on Tuesday, becoming the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the country.
The 57-year-old French national, who arrived in the capital city of Ulan Bator on Mar 2, developed a fever on Saturday, and afterwards tested positive for the virus.
Prior to reporting the first COVID-19 case, the country had already halted all flights to and from China, Japan and South Korea, for a certain period, as part of precautionary measures against the spread of the virus.– NNN-MONGOLIA WEB
