Mongolia President Battulga Khaltmaa

Mongolia's President Battulga Khaltmaa and other government officials have been quarantined for 14 days after returning home from their visit to China.

Iran PressAsia: Battulga is the first head of state to visit China since the country began implementing special measure to curb the coronavirus outbreak in January.

He arrived in Beijing with Foreign Minister Tsogtbaatar Damdin and other senior government officials on Thursday, and held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, Reuters reported.

"They were taken into quarantine as soon as they arrived in Mongolia as a precautionary measure," Montsame news agency reported.

The Coronavirus has now has spread to more than 40 other countries around the world. According to the latest statistics, more than 82,000 people have been infected with the virus in the world, of which more than 32,000 have recovered and more than 2,800 died. 

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