- Mongolia secures nearly 70% vaccination rates and an overall casualty 
rate of only 0.3%

    - Successes against COVID-19 position country well for ambitious and 
progressive reforms as part of government's Vision 2050 agenda

Mongolia is preparing to build on the success of its COVID-19 management 
policies with an ambitious new budget and progressive initiatives as part of 
its Vision 2050 reform agenda.

Mongolia's vaccination and booster programme has so far resulted in 66% of the 
total population, including 91% of adults, being doubled-vaccinated and 21% of 
the total population, including 35% of adults, receiving their booster.  
Supported by responsible public health policies, the country is seeing a steady 
decline in infections. Daily cases in November were down 70% from September and 
October, falling below 150 per day at the end of the month, with an overall 
case fatality rate of only 0.3%. 

According to the Worldometer reference website, Mongolia ranked 39th out of 224 
nations for total cases per million people as of 1 December.  Furthermore, the 
government's decision in June to increase the number of hospital beds available 
for COVID-19 patients to 23,000 enabled it to hospitalise 27% of its cases, 
including those at risk of developing severe symptoms, helping reduce the 
number of fatalities. 

These and other steps against COVID-19, which also include a wide ranging MNT 
10 trillion (US$3.5 billion) stimulus package credited with saving over 280,000 
jobs, have left Mongolia well placed to move past the challenges of the 
pandemic. The country now looks set to begin realising its Vision 2050 agenda, 
the long-term development plan introduced by new Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene 
Luvsannamsrai. As Mongolia marks 100 years of political independence, following 
the 1921 Mongolian Revolution, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene has positioned Vision 
2050 as a chance for Mongolia to achieve economic independence with a 
diversified economy, improved governance, green development, and improved 
quality of life among other goals. 

Implementing Vision 2050's wide-ranging policies for Mongolia's economic and 
social development also received a boost in November with the ratification of 
Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene's 2022 budget, which shows a spending increase of 4 
trillion MNT ($US1.4 billion) over 2021. 

SOURCE  Government of Mongolia

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