2021-05-08 10:29:11
Mongolia has received
vaccines not only from neighbors China and Russia, but from India and COVAX as
well.
Mongolia is ranking high in the global effort to vaccinate
populations against COVID-19. As of May 5, 181 countries had started
vaccinating their people against the virus, and Mongolia
is one of them. According to the Foreign Ministry of Mongolia, 42.2 percent
of the population has been vaccinated and 1,398,592 doses have been
administered. Mongolia’s multi-pillar foreign policy translated into extremely
valuable vaccination diplomacy during a challenging time.
After COVID-19 emerged to become a global pandemic, Mongolia
went an astounding
10 months with no local transmission of the virus. But there was a
How Mongolia Made the Most of Vaccine Diplomacy
Mongolia has received vaccines not only from neighbors China and Russia, but from India and COVAX as well.
By
May 06, 2021
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Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Mongolia, Feb. 23, 2021.
Credit: Government of Mongolia
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Mongolia is ranking high in the global effort to vaccinate populations against COVID-19. As of May 5, 181 countries had started vaccinating their people against the virus, and Mongolia is one of them. According to the Foreign Ministry of Mongolia, 42.2 percent of the population has been vaccinated and 1,398,592 doses have been administered. Mongolia’s multi-pillar foreign policy translated into extremely valuable vaccination diplomacy during a challenging time.