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Mongolia prepares to hold elections amid coronavirus pandemic

Mongolians will head to the polls in parliamentary elections on Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mongolians will elect a new parliament Wednesday under the cloud of the coronavirus, with controversy over candidates flouting lockdown rules and thousands of people stranded overseas unable to vote.

Mongolia, a landlocked country of three million people wedged between China and Russia, has taken some of the world’s toughest and most enduring measures to contain the virus.

(Source: AFP)