ULAN BATOR, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has reported one more COVID-19 case, taking its total to 36, the country's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) said Friday.
The patient, a student, is one of over 280 Mongolian nationals evacuated on April 11 from Russia amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Dulmaa Nyamkhuu, head of the NCCD, told a news conference.
One more patient, a Turkish national, has recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to nine, Nyamkhuu said.
All 36 confirmed cases in Mongolia are imported, including four non-nationals.
A French national tested positive for the virus on March 10, becoming the first case in Mongolia. Enditem
