ULAN BATOR, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia will enter a state of public disaster preparedness and impose a nationwide 24-hour lockdown with effect from 6:00 a.m. Thursday local time for five days to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Yangu Sodbaatar said Wednesday night.
The Mongolian government made the decision after the country confirmed its first locally transmitted COVID-19 case earlier Wednesday.
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