11 APRIL 2020, Ulaanbaatar - A new supply of lab tests and personal protection equipment (PPE) including medical and surgical masks, face shields, goggles, gowns and gloves worth over USD 80,000 were handed over to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Dr Sergey Diorditsa, WHO Representative to Mongolia, said that these PPEs are essential to protect health workers and responders working on the COVID-19 frontline, so that they stay safe and healthy and can take better care of patients infected with COVID-19.
WHO has been working closely with MoH since the first case was registered in December 2019 and has been providing support with technical advice and guidance, national capacity building of health professionals, laboratory testing and supplies of