Mongolia assessed risk after receiving Russian information

On October 7, MNB (Mongolian National Broadcaster), Mongolia’s public broadcaster, relayed information from Mongolia’s Ministry of Health about a risk assessment related to the Irkutsk situation. The page shows 09:21; the timezone is not separately stated.

Previously, Mongolia’s National Center for Zoonotic Diseases had requested information and relayed Russia’s response saying the suspicion was unconfirmed and no accident had been identified.

These statements are not an independent examination of the Russian patient. This investigation has not confirmed new border-crossing closures connected with this episode. Seasonal measures concerning Mongolia’s natural disease reservoirs cannot automatically be linked to Irkutsk.