Mongolia's confirmed COVID-19 cases rises to 12

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ULAN BATOR, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) said Saturday that one more Mongolian citizen has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total confirmed cases to 12 in the country.

A Mongolian citizen who arrived on a chartered flight from Istanbul last week tested positive for COVID-19, Dulmaa Nyamkhuu, head of the NCCD, told a press conference.

On March 15, Mongolia started evacuating its citizens from some COVID-19-hit countries and regions, including South Korea, Japan and Europe, on chartered flights.

So far, the country has evacuated a total of nearly 1,000 citizens.

A French national tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 10, becoming the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Mongolia.

The other 11 confirmed cases are Mongolian nationals who returned home on chartered flights from abroad. Enditem

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