ULAN BATOR, July 16 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – A total of 428 Mongolian nationals returned home from COVID-19-hit countries on two chartered flights on Wednesday, according to the country’s State Emergency Commission (SEC).
Among the recently repatriated are pregnant women, the elderly, children, sick people, and those with financial and other problems, the SEC said, adding that, the group will be quarantined at designated facilities for 21 days.
The passengers were flown to the South Korean capital, Seoul, from five different countries, namely the United States, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil and Argentina, before boarding the flights to Mongolia, the SEC said.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Mongolia evacuated around 13,000 nationals on chartered flights, buses or trains, from different parts of the world, according to the commission.
Mongolia confirmed 261 COVID-19 cases so far, with no local transmissions or deaths.– NNN-MONGOLIAWEB
