ULAN BATOR, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia returned 266 nationals from South Korea on a chartered flight on Tuesday, according to the Mongolian State Emergency Commission (SEC).
The chartered flight from Seoul to Ulan Bator landed at the Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport on Tuesday evening, the SEC said in a statement.
The repatriated group consisted of pregnant women, the elderly, children, the disabled and sick, and those with financial or other problems, the SEC said, adding that they will be isolated at designated facilities for 21 days.
Following its suspension of international commercial flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mongolia has repatriated around 22,000 nationals on chartered flights, trains and buses from different parts of the world, according to the commission.
The Asian country planned to send a total of 13 special flights this month to COVID-19-hit countries to repatriate more nationals.
As of Tuesday, Mongolia has reported a total of 311 COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported.
No local transmissions or deaths have been reported in the country so far. Enditem
