China News Service, March 10th. According to foreign media reports, on the 10th local time, Mongolian authorities said that the country had the first confirmed case of new pneumonia and the patient was a Frenchman working in Mongolia.
The Mongolian National Emergency Committee stated in a statement that the person travelled from France to Mongolia and transited through Moscow. Authorities identified 42 people who had met the patient and 142 people who had close ties with the patient.