FILE PHOTO: A man holds a sign demanding the resignation of the State Emergency Commission (SEC), during a protest against the government s handling on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia January 20, 2021. Picture taken January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Anand Tumurtogoo
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Mongolia s parliament has approved the resignation of Prime Minister Khurelsukh Ukhnaa after protests in the capital Ulaanbaatar over the government s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state news agency, Montsame, said.
Khurelsukh said in a resignation statement submitted on Thursday that he should assume the responsibility upon himself and accept the demand of the public.
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 infections in Mongolia rose to 1,242 after 22 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, Mongolia s National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Saturday. A total of 11,152 tests for COVID-19 were conducted across the country yesterday and 22 of them were positive, Amarjargal Ambaselmaa, head of the center s surveillance department, said at a daily press conference.
Fifteen of the latest confirmed cases were locally transmitted, and the others were imported from Europe on a chartered flight, said Ambaselmaa.
Meanwhile, 18 more patients have recovered from the disease, raising the national count to 855.
The Asian country has so far recorded one COVID-19-related death since confirming its first case of COVID-19 in March 2020. (ANI/Xinhua)
The number of COVID-19 infections in Mongolia rose to 1,242 after 22 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Saturday.
Mongolia tallies 1,242 COVID-19 infection cases ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 12:55 IST
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 infections in Mongolia rose to 1,242 after 22 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, Mongolia s National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Saturday. A total of 11,152 tests for COVID-19 were conducted across the country yesterday and 22 of them were positive, Amarjargal Ambaselmaa, head of the center s surveillance department, said at a daily press conference.
Fifteen of the latest confirmed cases were locally transmitted, and the others were imported from Europe on a chartered flight, said Ambaselmaa.
Meanwhile, 18 more patients have recovered from the disease, raising the national count to 855.
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