PM receives WHO Resident Representative

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene yesterday received UN Resident Coordinator Tapan Mishra, UNICEF Representative Alex Heikens and WHO Resident Representative in Mongolia Sergey Diorditsa, exchanging views on vaccination. Informing that the WHO on Monday approved AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Mr. Sergey Diorditsa said Mongolia is able to get the vaccine from any country that is producing the vaccine with official permission. He also informed about Pfizer vaccine which will be produced within COVAX Program and vaccines being developed by other countries. WHO will decide whether to approve Moderna vaccine this month and Sinophram vaccine developed by China next month. While expressing that the Mongolian Government will follow recommendations given only by the WHO, PM L.Oyun-Erdene emphasized the necessity to urgently bring and reserve vaccines developed by other countries. The same day, the PM met with Ambassadors of Russia, China, India and Japan, sharing views on vaccination. The aforementioned countries expressed their readiness to supply vaccine to Mongolia within the framework of cooperation against the pandemic. The PM will also meet with Ambassadors of the United States and the Republic of Korea.