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Meanwhile the mainstream media only talks about the incredible success of #NewZealand, here is another county that has Zero Covid cases and Zero deaths — 
Mongolia has had the best COVID-19 response in the world. Not only do they have zero deaths, they have zero local transmissions. Mongolia didn’t flatten the curve or crush the curve — they were just like ‘fuck curves’. In Mongolia, there simply wasn't an epidemic at all.
And they just didn’t get lucky. Starting in January, Mongolia executed a perfect public health response, and they have never let up the pressure since. COVID-19 did not just leave Mongolia alone. Mongolia kicked its ass.
For this all this hard work, however, they get little credit. Nobody’s talking about the ‘Mongolian example’. Instead, we talk about total failures like Germany or Sweden. Success is having ZERO cases, and Mongolia is as zero as you can get.
Now you might be thinking. Hey, small country. Nope. The city of Ulaanbaatar. Urban enough for COVID-19 to munch on
Ulaanbaatar (307 people per km²) has a similar density to Bergamo, Italy (400 per)— the epicenter of the outbreak in Italy; one of the worst-hit places in the world. Low density didn’t save Bergamo.
You know what Mongolia did? They just saw what was happening in Hubei, they coordinated with China and the WHO, and they got their shit together fast. That’s their secret, not the elevation. They just weren’t dumb.
In late January, Mongolia was one of the first countries to secure borders and close schools. At this point, flu season was already hitting Mongolia’s children hard, so the first thing they did was protect their young.
Mongolia announced almost all closures in advance unlike India. They weren’t like “oh shit, things are on fire get all your food by midnight”. Because they were prepared and planned ahead, they were able to gradually lockdown without all the chaos.
Three days after Hubei, the Mongolian cabinet held a special meeting and they decided to:
° Close universities
° Restrict vehicle crossings (not yet rail or air)
° Prohibit public events
° Release funds for medical equipment and personnel
° Close universities
° Restrict vehicle crossings (not yet rail or air)
° Prohibit public events
° Release funds for medical equipment and personnel
Mongolia’s growth is almost completely export-driven, so they were taking a huge economic hit here, especially with zero cases. However, they were not like the dinosaurs in the west, looking at an asteroid saying “but the economy!”
So at this point, with zero cases, Mongolia starts actually importing cases, on purpose. In a slow, controlled manner, they start repatriating Mongolians.
Other countries did this stupidly, allowing infected citizens to fly back unchecked while banning foreigners, as if the virus carries a passport. Mongolia deliberately and cautiously repatriated people, testing and quarantining them as they came in similar to what #Kerala did.
On the 27th, they started negotiating the return of 31 students from Wuhan. On February 1st they flew them back and quarantined the lot, including the flight crew. This began an ongoing process of repatriating and quarantining.
Mongolians, first for 14 and then 21 days. There wasn’t a mad rush back, they controlled it. This enabled them to manage imported cases and, again, reduce local transmission to zero.
And this was just January. Mongolia was doing all this in January, when most countries were doing nothing.
Throughout February, Mongolia was furiously getting ready — procuring face masks, test kits, and PPE; examining hospitals, food markets, and cleaning up the city. Still no reported cases. Still no let-up in readiness. No one was like “it’s not real!” or “burn the 5G towers!”
The country also suspended their New Year celebrations (which are a big deal in Asia). They deployed hundreds of people and restricted intercity travel to make sure, though the public seemed to broadly support the move.
At every turn they’re reacting like other countries only did when it was too late.
MARCH — At this point, Boris Johnson was proudly shaking hands with COVID patients. Meanwhile, the Mongolian President is in quarantine and his country has stockpiles of tests and PPE.
MARCH — At this point, Boris Johnson was proudly shaking hands with COVID patients. Meanwhile, the Mongolian President is in quarantine and his country has stockpiles of tests and PPE.
On March 10th, Mongolia recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. A French national who had arrived from Moscow on March 2nd. Mongolia was ready. They isolated his entire office and the train he traveled.
Given a virus that multiplies exponentially, this is exactly what you’re supposed to do. Either you’re going apeshit or the virus is. Those are the only choices, at least if you want to win.
Mongolia has shown global leadership. Not just zero deaths, zero local cases. Just zero. Nothing happened on their soil. We should all be getting advice from Mongolia 
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