ULAN BATOR, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- A suspected case of local COVID-19 transmission was reported in Selenge province in northern Mongolia, the country's Health Minister Togtmol Munkhsaikhan said on Thursday.
"Today, a 74-year-old woman tested positive for the virus at a local hospital. She showed symptoms such as high fever and cough starting from Nov. 6," Munkhsaikhan said, adding that the woman is now on the way to the capital city Ulan Bator to get the COVID-19 test again at the National Center for Communicable Diseases.