ULAN BATOR, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has reported 19 new cases of COVID-19, taking its total to 61, the country's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) said Thursday.
Eighteen of the confirmed new cases are Mongolian nationals who returned home from Russia on Wednesday, Dulmaa Nyamkhuu, head of the NCCD, said at a daily press conference.
Another new confirmed case is one of the 261 Mongolian nationals evacuated on a chartered flight from COVID-19-hit European countries on May 3, he said.
All the 61 cases in Mongolia are imported, including four non-nationals.
Among the confirmed cases, 15 people, including the four foreigners, have recovered so far.
A French national tested positive for the virus on March 10, becoming the first case in Mongolia. Enditem
