Politics
Published: 2026-10-29
Parliament has begun deliberating a bill on regulating children’s participation in social networks, introduced by a group of lawmakers including Digital Development, Innovation and Communications Minister Ch. Nomin and MP P. Naranbayar. The proposal would prohibit children under 13 from creating social-media accounts and set age-appropriate technology and safety settings for users aged 13 to 16. It would define obligations for platforms, parents, guardians and educational institutions. Proposed safeguards include default privacy and location settings, parental-control options, restrictions on harmful content and algorithmic recommendations, and limits on contact with unknown users and live-streaming. The stated purpose is to reduce exposure to cyberbullying, addiction, threats, exploitation and other online harms while providing a safer, age-appropriate digital environment.
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Anti-Corruption Agency Penalizes 51 Officials Over Asset Declarations
Published: 2026-10-29
The Anti-Corruption Agency said it reviewed the asset and income declarations of 140 officials during the first 10 months of 2026 and found that 79 had omitted or falsely reported their own or family members’ income or assets. It said 51 were sanctioned under Article 13.8 of the Anti-Corruption Law, including nine dismissed from public service. Separately, reporting on President U. Khurelsukh’s reported purchase of a Baga Tenger house for MNT 1.2 billion from savings noted that the property was not listed in declarations for 2021-2025. The report outlined that officials must declare assets accurately and explain lawful sources. It also noted that any action involving a president requires consideration of constitutional procedures and status; the report did not state that a violation had been determined.
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Published: 2026-10-29
The Supreme Court’s criminal chamber declined to hear supervisory appeals from former parliament speaker and presidential office chief Z. Enkhbold and former Road and Transport Development Minister B. Enkh-Amgalan. The decision leaves lower-court rulings in force: each man is barred from appointment to public office for five years and fined 40 million tugriks. A first-instance court had imposed two-year prison terms alongside the public-service bans, but an appeals court replaced the prison sentences with fines. Lower courts found Enkh-Amgalan guilty of abusing official authority to create an advantage for another party, and found Enkhbold guilty of unlawfully influencing him to do so. Enkhbold said the case was fabricated and said he would continue opposing what he called a harmful precedent.
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Democratic Party Calls for Hearing on Courts Returning Criminal Cases
Published: 2026-10-29
The Democratic Party (DP) parliamentary group has called for a general oversight hearing into the continued practice of appellate and supervisory courts returning criminal cases for retrial. The group says a 2022 amendment repealed provisions governing that authority, but courts have continued to send cases back to first-instance courts. Citing information from the Mongolian Bar Association, DP representatives said the Supreme Court returned 60 cases in 2024 and 49 in 2025, while appellate courts returned 705 and 779 cases respectively, for a total of 1,593. They cited the Development Bank criminal case, which entered court in late 2022 and remains unresolved in its fourth year. The group wants the hearing to assess implementation and effects of the 2022 law.
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Court Lifts Travel Restriction on MP Sainzorig for Official Overseas Trip
Published: 2026-10-29
A court has recently lifted a restriction preventing parliament member P. Sainzorig from leaving Mongolia, according to a report by isee.mn. Sainzorig sought the change on the grounds that he had an official overseas assignment. The report says restrictions had also been imposed on parliament members D. Amarbayasgalan, E. Bolormaa, and Kh. Bulgantuyaa while intelligence, police, and anti-corruption agencies continued investigations; it says Amarbayasgalan’s restriction was removed in June and Bulgantuyaa’s in August. Sainzorig and Kh. Taivan, son of former General Intelligence Agency director B. Khurts, are reportedly under investigation over an alleged fight that caused injuries. Investigators reportedly completed their inquiry in April and referred the matter to prosecutors with a proposal to send it to court, but it has not yet reached trial.
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Government Moves Remote Notarization Bill Toward Parliament
Published: 2026-10-29
The government has approved submitting amendments to the Notary Law and related bills to Parliament. The proposal would create a remote-notarization framework for contracts, transactions, powers of attorney and signature authentication conducted online. It would exclude wills, inheritance matters and acts connected to registration of property rights. Officials say the changes would put Civil Code provisions for electronic transactions into practice, advance digital public services, and let citizens abroad or in remote areas use notarial services from where they live. The draft also proposes fee discounts or exemptions for specified groups, including people with disabilities, older people, people who have lost full work capacity, and certain witnesses, victims and low-income applicants.
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Justice Ministry Plans Revised Illicit-Assets Confiscation Bill
Published: 2026-10-29
A proposed law on confiscating illegally acquired assets of public officials has remained at Parliament’s consideration stage for 531 days, according to News.mn. Former justice minister O. Altangerel, who initiated the measure, says it should retain provisions covering assets acquired from September 1, 2002. Justice and Home Affairs Minister G. Temuulen plans to withdraw the pending version and submit a revised draft, saying the rules and liabilities need greater precision. The proposal would allow confiscation, or recovery of equivalent value, for assets found to have unlawful origins and unexplained by lawful income. It also contemplates tracing proceeds and transferred assets. The revised bill’s content, submission date, and whether historic assets will remain covered have not been announced.
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Parliament Reviews Supreme Court Judge Nominee Ganzoorig
Published: 2026-10-29
Parliament considered the introduction of Z. Ganzoorig, an appellate administrative court judge, as a nominee for the Supreme Court on October 29. Ganzoorig graduated from the National University of Mongolia’s law school in 2008 and earned a master’s degree in law there in 2018. He has served as a judge of the Administrative Appeals Court since 2023. During the discussion, lawmaker O. Shijir said 44.7% of 427,669 court decisions issued from 2016 to 2026 were changed on appeal or by the Supreme Court. Ganzoorig said differing approaches to interpreting and applying the law can lead to different decisions.
“The appellate court has a duty to review a case as a whole and correct errors and shortcomings of the first-instance court.” - Z. Ganzoorig (eagle.mn)
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Economy
Fuel Supply Expected to Improve as Imports Reach Ulaanbaatar
Published: 2026-10-29
Mongolia’s Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry says fuel deliveries are increasing after a two-day halt in Russian railcar loading linked to railway maintenance contributed to shortages and queues. Of 57,000 tonnes ordered from Russia for October, about 45,000 tonnes had arrived by October 29, while 76 railcars from the Angarsk refinery had been fully received. The first 3,000 tonnes of an 8,000-tonne shipment from China was entering through Eren-Zamiin-Uud. About 120 of Ulaanbaatar’s 264 fuel stations were dispensing fuel normally. Officials expect deliveries and queues to improve within one or two days. Preliminary November orders total about 92,000 tonnes from Russia, China, South Korea and Kazakhstan, above normal monthly consumption of 70,000 to 75,000 tonnes. The ministry is also pursuing a two-year regular supply agreement with South Korean companies after November 20.
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Finance Minister Says Chinese Border-Side Works Cut Coal and Copper Export Flows
Published: 2026-10-29
Finance Minister Z. Mendsaikhan said repairs at the Chinese-side terminal beyond Gashuunsukhait have cut coal exports through Gashuunsukhait by 40% since August and, from this week, reduced Oyu Tolgoi’s copper-concentrate exports threefold. He said China initially said the work would take one month, but later said it would be completed by December 31. Oyu Tolgoi said that, since October 15, restrictions for an unspecified reason on the return crossing from Gantsmod to Gashuunsukhait have limited it to four convoys daily, from 13 normally. Border officials said a driver facial-recognition system introduced at Gantsmod reduced daily crossings from about 1,300 vehicles to 600. The government has directed officials to discuss a solution with China, while Oyu Tolgoi planned talks with Inner Mongolian counterparts.
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Seismic-Like Event Injures 15 Workers at Oyu Tolgoi Underground Mine
Published: 2026-10-29
Fifteen workers were injured after a seismic-like event caused tremors and a rockfall in the underground Oyu Tolgoi mine in Khanbogd soum, Umnugovi Province, at about 6 p.m. on October 29. Oyu Tolgoi reported no fatalities. Mine incident managers and rescue teams responded immediately, accounted for everyone working underground and checked their health conditions. The injured workers received medical care and diagnostic examinations. The company said its assessment of the situation remains under way and that it will release more specific information as it becomes available. The report did not state the severity of the injuries, the operational impact on the mine, or a timetable for resuming any affected work.
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Fuel Stations Face Investigation Over Withheld Sales and Alleged Improper Payments
Published: 2026-10-29
The Anti-Monopoly Agency has identified alleged violations at fuel stations during Ulaanbaatar’s recent fuel queues, including one station that reportedly held stock but did not sell it to customers. Inspectors examined Gaz Oil Neft LLC’s Shadivlan-10 station in Chingeltei District’s 19th khoroo after an online complaint published on October 22 and found that it had fuel in reserve but had not dispensed it, authorities said. A separate inspection at a Petrovis LLC station in Bayangol District’s 29th khoroo is examining whether an attendant gave preferential treatment and may have accepted improper payments connected to fuel sales. Authorities said two cases are being investigated under the Law on Violations. Officials will place inspectors at stations, require timely updates to Benzin.mn, seek continuous dispensing through available pumps and examine sales by voucher.
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City Threatens Permit Revocations for Fuel Stations Creating Artificial Queues
Published: 2026-10-29
Ulaanbaatar will inspect all 264 fuel stations from October 29 and may seek to revoke operating licences and land-use rights for stations that restrict sales despite holding fuel stocks or create artificial queues by using only one pump. Mayor B. Purevdagva said diesel supplies were sufficient and AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline were arriving, but stations with stock must distribute it through all available pumps. The inspections will be conducted with the Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry and the Anti-Monopoly Agency. Long fuel queues have worsened traffic conditions by occupying the first and second lanes of roads; on Monday, queues at 18 central-city stations cut average traffic speeds to 3 kilometers per hour. The city has formed an inspector-led task force to monitor dispensing. Purevdagva said stations without stock should openly inform the public.
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IMF and World Bank Warn Budget Expansion Could Fuel Inflation
Published: 2026-10-29
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have warned that planned spending increases in Mongolia’s 2026 budget revision and 2027 draft budget could intensify inflation and expose public finances to volatile mining revenue. An IMF team led by Tahsin Saadi Sedik visited from September 23 to 29 to discuss macroeconomic conditions and the 2027 budget. The IMF said economic growth reached 7.7 percent in the first half of 2026, supported by high copper and coal prices, while foreign-exchange reserves reached USD 8.9 billion at the end of September. It recommended rebuilding fiscal buffers and strengthening fiscal rules. Economist Ch. Khashchuluun argued that higher public wages and pensions partly restore purchasing power eroded by inflation rather than necessarily creating excessive demand. He said the economy was not in conditions requiring an IMF program, while urging investment toward infrastructure and industry.
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Unemployment Benefit Recipients Rise in First Nine Months
Published: 2026-10-29
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits from Mongolia’s social insurance fund reached 33,900 in the first nine months of 2026, according to September data from the National Statistics Office. That was 10,600 more recipients than in the same period a year earlier. The figures concern people receiving unemployment benefits from the social insurance fund. Over the same nine-month period, the number of recipients of maternity benefits fell by 3.3 percent. Some 38,400 people received maternity benefits, 1,300 fewer than in the corresponding period of 2025. The source separately reports that the number of unemployment-benefit recipients increased 45.4 percent from a year earlier.
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Government Plans MNT 2.3 Trillion Budget Deficit for 2027
Published: 2026-10-29
The government’s 2027 draft budget projects MNT 41.3 trillion in revenue and MNT 43.6 trillion in spending, leaving a MNT 2.3 trillion deficit. The deficit is set at 2% of gross domestic product, within the Fiscal Stability Law limit. A proposal to reduce both revenue and expenditure by MNT 2 trillion would leave the deficit unchanged because the gap between them would remain the same. The shortfall may be financed through borrowing and other debt-management instruments. Budget revenue remains closely tied to copper and coal prices and export volumes, so lower prices or missed export targets could increase financing pressure if spending remains unchanged. Borrowing would also create future principal and interest obligations.
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World Bank Lifts 2027 Copper Forecast to $13,000 a Tonne
Published: 2026-10-29
The World Bank has raised its 2027 copper-price forecast by 18% from its April outlook to $13,000 per tonne, keeping the metal close to record levels. Its October Commodity Markets Outlook projects an average copper price of $13,200 per tonne in 2026, followed by a 1.5% decline in 2027. The bank cites constrained mine supply alongside demand from electricity networks, data centers and investment in electric vehicles. Weather disruptions in Indonesia and declining ore grades in Chile have limited production growth, while new mines take years to develop. High copper prices could support export and royalty revenue, while the article also notes exposure to logistics disruptions. Oyu Tolgoi LLC increased copper production by 29% in the first nine months of 2026, reaching an annualized rate of 450,000 tonnes in the third quarter.
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Financial Regulator Caps Monthly Loan Interest at 4.5%
Published: 2026-10-29
The Financial Regulatory Commission has set a 4.5 percent ceiling on monthly interest for loans issued by non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), including app-based loans. B. Itgelsuren, head of the commission’s NBFI department, said the decision took effect on October 21, 2026, and lenders were required to report compliance by October 31. The commission may suspend or revoke licences of NBFIs that exceed the cap. Inspections found that about 20 smaller NBFIs offering app-based loans may have charged more than 4.5 percent. Pawnshops and individuals who lend for profit have separately been subject to the same monthly limit under the Money Lending Operations law since March 1, 2023. Mongolia had 583 licensed NBFIs as of September 30, including 519 authorized to lend.
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Government Sets New Welfare Benefits and Funds Pay Rises for 52,000 Public Employees
Published: 2026-10-29
The government has approved a resolution revising social welfare pension and allowance levels, to take effect on November 1. It sets the social welfare pension at 600 for people with disabilities who have lost at least 50 percent of their work capacity, children under 18 who have lost a breadwinner, and single parents with four or more children. The monthly living-support allowance is set at 600 for children under 16 with disabilities requiring constant care. The care allowance is set at 370,000 tugriks, while people caring for children with severe disabilities requiring constant care will receive 524,000 tugriks. The government also approved increases of 477,000 to 903,000 tugriks this year for 52,000 public-service employees in several sectors. A 170.1 billion-tugrik allocation was included in the 2026 budget amendment.
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BDO Gives Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi Unmodified Audit Opinion
Published: 2026-10-29
BDO has completed an independent external audit of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi’s operations over the past three years under a government decision and the company’s charter. The auditor issued an unmodified opinion, finding the company’s separate financial statements compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards and International Accounting Standards. Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi said it provided the requested information and explanations and held management-level meetings to support information exchange while preserving the audit’s independence. The parties signed confirmation that their cooperation memorandum was fulfilled. The audited accounts are intended to support a future business valuation, potential stock-exchange listing, and preparations for the company to become publicly traded.
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Diplomacy
Japan Signals Restoration Support After Nomrog Protected Area Fire
Published: 2026-10-29
Prime Minister Uchral spoke by telephone with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on October 29. Takaichi expressed concern and deep regret over damage from the fire in Nomrog Strictly Protected Area in Dornod Province. The Japan International Cooperation Agency deployed a specialist team, and Takaichi said Japan plans restoration cooperation based on the team’s assessment. Uchral welcomed a scientific, phased approach to environmental restoration and said Mongolia will cooperate. The leaders also agreed to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation ahead of the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2027. Separately, Takaichi’s social-media post incorrectly identified former Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene as the person she spoke with; reports said authorities continue to investigate the cause of the October 8 grassland fire.
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South Korea to Launch One-Year Pilot for Group Tourist Visas
Published: 2026-10-29
South Korea’s Justice Ministry says it will launch a one-year pilot granting C-3-2 group tourist visas to Mongolian citizens. Groups of at least five people must arrange travel through one of seven travel agencies accredited by the South Korean Embassy in Ulaanbaatar. Visa holders may stay for tourism for up to 15 days. The pilot is aimed principally at corporate incentive travel, training-team trips and school familiarization visits. Mongolia will become the seventh country included in the group-visa system, alongside countries including China and Indonesia. Immigration authorities will screen applicants to exclude people barred from entry or with previous visa overstays. Agencies could face administrative penalties if a participant leaves a group without authorization.
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UN Committee Approves Resolution on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status
Published: 2026-10-29
The First Committee of the UN General Assembly’s 81st session adopted by consensus on October 27 a resolution initiated by Mongolia on the country’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status. B. Munkhchimeg, first secretary in the Foreign Ministry’s Multilateral Cooperation Department, presented the text. She said Mongolia’s internationally recognized nuclear-weapon-free status makes a practical contribution to efforts for a world free of nuclear weapons. Mongolia has introduced the resolution for consideration and adoption at General Assembly sessions every two years since 1998. Thirty-four UN member states joined the latest draft as co-sponsors. The resolution concerns Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status.
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Government and FAO Sign Agreement to Open Country Representation
Published: 2026-10-29
The government and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have signed a host-country agreement to establish an FAO Representation in Mongolia. T. Jambaltseren, State Secretary of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, and FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu signed the agreement during the World Food Forum in Rome, Italy. Mongolia joined FAO on November 15, 1973. A 2009 memorandum had created an in-country programme-assistant post and set out related support, but no separate agreement had defined the legal status of an FAO Representation. The new agreement is intended to strengthen cooperation on sustainable food and agriculture, food security, climate-change adaptation and agricultural productivity.
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Infrastructure
City Plans More Transit Controllers as Fuel Queues Slow Buses
Published: 2026-10-29
Ulaanbaatar’s Public Transport Policy Office plans to increase the number of transport controllers as fuel queues, traffic congestion and higher passenger demand disrupt bus services. The city operates 1,176 buses daily, and about 766,000 passengers used the system on October 27, according to office director G. Bilguun. Controllers from the office and 17 operator companies are using GPS monitoring and short-turn services to prevent buses from clustering on one side of routes. About 40 buses were assigned to short-turn operations on October 28; the office carried out roughly 400 transport-management adjustments during the month. Two current office controllers monitor 137 routes, and the agency plans four or five controllers per shift for hourly oversight. Twenty additional buses will be assigned to high-demand routes, while 156 new buses are planned for next year’s fleet renewal.
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Ulaanbaatar Plans Sky Shuttle and ART Services for 2027
Published: 2026-10-29
Ulaanbaatar plans to introduce BYD Group’s Sky Shuttle light-rail system and autonomous rapid transit (ART) services in 2027 as part of a wider effort to reduce road congestion, Mayor B. Purevdavaa said. The proposed 13-kilometer Sky Shuttle route would run from the General Archives Authority in Yarmag to the Camel Monument in the 120 Myangat area, serving an area with about 220,000 residents. The city is revising the feasibility study and preparing designs, an environmental assessment and financing arrangements intended to avoid pressure on the municipal budget. Purevdavaa said a metro would cost nearly MNT 10 trillion and take five years, while the city is also planning interchanges, expressways, new bus routes, schools and expanded cycling infrastructure.
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Society
Court Jails Govi-Altai Company Executive After Three Workers Die
Published: 2026-10-29
A court in Govi-Altai Province sentenced Sh.S, the executive director of a company identified as B LLC, to one year and two months in prison after three workers were buried by soil and died during network-installation work on May 18, 2026. Prosecutors said Sh.S failed to meet duties under the Occupational Safety and Health Law. The inter-soum first-instance court in Govi-Altai heard the case on October 23, found Sh.S guilty under Article 10.6.2 of the Criminal Code for negligently causing death, and ordered the sentence to be served in an open prison facility. The court also granted civil claims filed by the victims’ families. The company operated in Govi-Altai, according to the prosecutor’s office.
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Published: 2026-10-29
Mongolia’s cybercrime authorities have reported a recent increase in fraud cases linked to ordering goods online. They advise shoppers to verify a seller’s address, information, and reliability before placing an order; scrutinize unusually low prices and promotions; and confirm order terms before sending advance payment. Buyers should also check recipient details carefully before transferring money to another person’s account. A separate warning highlights fake social-media posts offering rewards for surveys or claiming cash prizes, which are designed to obtain personal information. Users are advised not to open suspicious links and, if they do, not to enter internet-banking usernames, passwords, or one-time codes. Website addresses should be checked against official sources.
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Environment
Ulaanbaatar Expands Semi-Coke Fuel Sales Ahead of Winter
Published: 2026-10-29
Ulaanbaatar has begun selling semi-coke fuel at sales points in the six central districts and plans to replace briquette fuel entirely in outlying areas from November 1. Tavan Tolgoi Fuel said it has imported about 25,000 tonnes of semi-coke from China so far, with deliveries scheduled to continue through February 2027. The city currently holds about 52,000 tonnes of fuel stocks, including 48,887 tonnes of semi-coke and more than 3,000 tonnes of briquettes. Its 446 sales points distribute more than 2,000 tonnes of semi-coke a day. A 25-kilogram bag costs MNT 5,000, and households may buy up to seven bags weekly through the Khutul app or by scanning a national ID QR code. Officials also warned residents against fraudulent social-media fuel-delivery advertisements requesting advance payments.
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Twelve Provinces Face Potential Dzud Risk in November
Published: 2026-10-29
Mongolia’s meteorological and environmental research institute has warned that parts of 12 provinces could face difficult livestock wintering conditions and potential dzud next month. The forecast draws on ground and satellite observations, drought and summer pasture conditions, pasture capacity for the 2026–2027 winter and spring, harvest data, and comparisons with average temperature and precipitation. It assesses 8 percent of the country as facing very severe livestock wintering conditions, 18 percent severe conditions, 33 percent moderate difficulty, 24 percent slight difficulty, and 16 percent no difficulty. Much of Bayan-Olgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan and Umnugovi, plus parts of Govi-Altai, Bayankhongor, Khuvsgul, Arkhangai, Bulgan, Uvurkhangai and Dundgovi, are at risk. November temperatures are forecast to be below average across most areas, with above-average precipitation in southern areas and possible sharp cold spells.
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Ecologist Says No Fire-Killed Animal Carcasses Found at Nomrog Yet
Published: 2026-10-29
Researchers assessing the Nomrog Strictly Protected Area fire say they have found no carcasses of animals killed by the blaze so far, while stressing that this is not a final finding that wildlife suffered no losses. The fire reportedly affected 469,000 hectares, or 79.8% of the reserve. Field teams arrived on October 27 with two helicopters and, at the time of the interview, had surveyed and measured more than 60% of the area. About 30 researchers and experts are scheduled to work through November 6. They observed deer, moose and bears in unburned pockets, and more than 20 deer in three groups within the affected area. Final damage estimates will follow completion of fieldwork and subsequent desk research.
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Strategic Wheat Reserve Reaches 109,800 Tonnes as Harvest Continues
Published: 2026-10-29
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry said the national harvest was about 82 percent complete as of Monday. Farmers had harvested 569,500 tonnes of grain from 327,100 hectares, including 109,800 tonnes of wheat placed in the strategic reserve. Mills received 185,000 tonnes of wheat, distilleries bought 6,200 tonnes, and 47,700 tonnes were set aside for seed. The ministry also reported 174,800 tonnes of potatoes from 12,800 hectares, 206,400 tonnes of vegetables, and about 270,000 tonnes of oil and fodder crops. Flour mills held 20,200 tonnes of flour and 9,500 tonnes of bran in reserve. Harvesting remained under way nationwide, and the figures do not represent a final seasonal total.
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Grassland Fire Extinguished in Dornod Province
Published: 2026-10-29
Personnel from Border Protection Unit No. 0406 in Chuluunkhoroot soum and local residents fully extinguished a grassland fire in Chuluunkhoroot soum, Dornod Province, on October 28. The National Emergency Management Agency received the fire report at 3:12 p.m. The responders reached the fire site, brought the blaze under control at 5:18 p.m., and fully extinguished it at 5:31 p.m. Preliminary estimates said 2,800 hectares were affected and burned. The report identifies the incident as a grassland fire and describes the area figure as preliminary. The reported timeline covers the same day, from the emergency agency’s receipt of the call through extinguishment.
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Health
Parents of Young Children With Flu Can Take Up to Five Paid Days Off
Published: 2026-10-29
Working parents and guardians caring for children aged six or younger with influenza or influenza-like illness can take up to five paid working days off or work remotely from November 1, 2026, through March 1, 2027. The measure, approved under Government Resolution No. 398 of 2026, is mandatory for budget-funded institutions; private companies and non-governmental organizations have been urged to adopt it. The Health Ministry reports that people aged 15 and under account for 77.1% of influenza and influenza-like illness cases nationwide, including 49.6% who are aged five and under. Among people hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infections, 81% are aged 15 or younger and 65.3% are aged five or younger. Health authorities instructed local agencies to maintain child-care services and intensify day treatment and home visits.
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Primary Clinics to Offer Day Treatment for Children With Influenza
Published: 2026-10-29
The Ministry of Health will provide day treatment for children with influenza and influenza-like illnesses at family, soum and village health centers during the flu season. The package includes medical examination, monitoring, diagnostics, medicines, physical therapy and inhalation treatment. The Health Insurance Fund will finance the service at MNT 100,000 per child. Primary-care facilities will be reimbursed through the end of the season according to services delivered, influenza activity and actual demand. The ministry said the measure is intended to make care more accessible and reduce families’ out-of-pocket spending on medicines and injections. Parents are advised to contact their local family clinic if a child develops fever, cough, vomiting or diarrhea; doctors will decide whether day treatment is appropriate after examination and tests.
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Health Officials Urge Faster Stroke Recognition as Cases Affect Younger Patients
Published: 2026-10-29
Stroke is recorded at about 200 cases per 100,000 people in Mongolia, where the average patient age is 59, around 10 years younger than the global average, health specialists said for World Stroke Day on October 29. A national stroke survey began this year, with preliminary findings showing rates above the national average in Arkhangai and Khuvsgul provinces. Specialists said 80 to 90 percent of strokes can be prevented and urged regular blood-pressure monitoring, particularly during colder months. They advise using the FAST signs: facial changes, arm weakness, and speech difficulty. Sudden loss of balance or visual changes also require an immediate call to 103. One source said clot-dissolving treatment for some ischemic strokes may be possible within 4.5 hours of symptom onset.
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