After testing specimens from 25 suspected cases of H1N1 infection so far This Year, State First Central Hospital in the Capital city of Ulan Bator have found That Six People Have Suffered from swine flu, and one of them has died, the NTV television channel reported almost.

Swine flu, Also known as influenza A / H1N1-2009, is a human respiratory disease. People get the disease from other people, INSTEAD OF pigs.

It has an incubation period of one to four days and has high virulence if not diagnosed and Treated in time.

Co-written by Deputy Director of the Special Archives of GIA B.Erdenebileg and Doctor of Science J.Urangua, the book reveals new interesting facts about the Japanese prisoners of war and their life in Mongolia.

According to the historical sources, Mongolia needed huge working force after the Liberation War of 1945 and as Mongolia requested the Soviet Union, more than 12300 Japanese prisoners of war set foot in Mongolia in six shifts in the fall of that year.

They had worked in industrial complex, lime plant, match manufacturing plant in Sukhbaatar city, collective farms, coal mine in Nalaikh and brick plants. Some 1000 professionals such as drivers, plumbers, fishermen, farmers, railroaders, journalists, accountants, teachers and photographers were among the prisoners of war.

The Japanese 10705 prisoners of war were returned to their home country between October 14 and October 28, 1947, however the war prisoners who committed a crime during their detention were left in Mongolia, and they were returned to their homeland in 1957 through China. A total 13 Japanese soldiers were recorded to be punished according to the Law of Mongolia that time.

Output of the main products of the mining and extractive industries was up by 19.6 percent, making it the main driver of overall growth.

Mainly, the volume of raw coal production rose by 63.1 percent, whilst that of iron ore production increased by 3.4 percent, year on year.

Mining industry products last year accounted for about 85 percent of the total industrial production in the landlocked country, which is rich in natural resources such as gold, silver, iron, coal and copper.

As at the end of 2018, Mongolia’ population was 3.2 million; an increase of 61.6 thousand on the previous year. A total of 79 thousand children were born in Mongolia in 2018; 1465 Mongolian babies were born in foreign countries.

According to the ‘ADIS’ social development centre, the owners of large farms in the US are interested in hiring Mongolian herders. The centre has signed an agreement with two large American Sheep Unions. However, Mongolian herders face some difficulties, in particular their knowledge of English.

Subsequently, Foreign Minister D.Tsogtbaatar, has made a requested to the parliamentary group of the Mongolian People’s Party to recall these nominees and submit different candidates.

Following the public demonstration last week, the Parliament decided to consider the President-initiated bill on the Procedure of the Parliamentary Plenary Session, which allows dismissal of Parliament Speaker if more than half of MPs submit a petition. The bill was passed to the Standing Committee on State Structure for final discussion yesterday. The draft legislation contains two articles. The first article states that the Parliament would discuss a proposal to dismiss the Parliament Speaker in an urgent manner when it is submitted by a majority of the Parliamentarians. The second article specifies the time when the legislation will take effect. If the bill is approved, the Speaker might be ousted next week.

Afterward, the Parliament discussed two key items, namely the establishment of a temporary committee on investigating Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Fund (SMEDF) and minerals law.

MINISTER OF MINING RETRACTS BILL ON MINERALS

Due to the lack of quorum for the last two months, the Bill on Minerals that was expected to extend 2.5 percent gold royalty for another three years was left undiscussed by the Parliament, resulting in 5-9 percent royalty starting from January 1. After finally forming a quorum, the Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry Sumiybazar Dolgorsuren requested to retract the bill to revise certain articles yesterday. The request was approved by 74.5 percent of MP. Since the bill is now postponed for an indefinite time, the gold tax will be set at the pre-revision level of 5-9 percent.

Initiated by nine MPs, the bill on establishing a temporary committee responsible for investigating, monitoring and transparently disclosing information of SMEDF was rejected. The Parliament deemed it unnecessary as a temporary committee has the authority as a permanent committee and rejected the bill with 64.3 percent of votes from MPs.

"The government decided to declare 2019 as a citizen-centered public service year in order to improve public services, eliminate bureaucracy in public service at all levels, and listen to the voices of citizens to solve pressing issues," the press office said in a statement.

In 2019, the government is going to implement around 70 measures, including intensifying the digitalization of public services, so as to improve the transparency of the public sector, eliminate bureaucracy and corruption, and save time, the statement said.

Samdannyam Munkhchuluun was appointed by 24 deputies in the 45-seat council in a secret ballot.

"Working as mayor of the capital city is very responsible. I will work hard to solve the pressing issues in the city which is home to more than half of the country's population of 3.2 million," Munkhchuluun told reporters after the appointment.

The 40-year-old Munkhchuluun, a member of the ruling Mongolian People's Party, has served as a deputy of the Citizens' Representative Council since 2016.

Sundui Batbold, the former mayor of Ulan Bator, announced his resignation in late November after the country's Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh accused him of not fulfilling his duties.

Mr. Munkhchuluun had a tight run against Amarsaikhan Sainbuyan, former Head of CRCC as the poll ended in a tie and the re-poll was in favor of Munkhculuun, who self-nominated himself at the meeting, with 24 to 43 votes. As for Amarsaikhan, the board of Mongolian People’s Party nominated him on December 28, but the election had to be postponed because the CRCC could not form the quorum.

After the appointment of Mr. Munkhchuluun, the CRCC put “Swine flu and influenza outbreak issues” as the next item on the order list, before the appointment of the next Head of CRCC. In the first week of this year, a total of 4,136 instances out of 57,508 ambulatory care were diagnosed with influenza or similar illness in the capital city alone. 35.6 percent of patients were infants aged 0 to 1, 26.8 percent were aged 2 to 4 and 14.4 percent were aged 5 to 9. Out of 3,098 calls at children’s emergency services, 59.5 percent were influenza or similar illness calls.

Additionally, the Cabinet resolved to grant 3-5 days of paid time off to parents and child guardians, who have a child suffering from influenza, at its regular meeting yesterday. After calling for private entities to support the implementation of the resolution, the Cabinet informed that the decision will be effective until March 16. Also, Minister of Health and other related officials were ordered to make local medical centers work on Saturdays until March 16.