Mongolia put the country's president in quarantine for 14 days

Mongolia put her country's president in quarantine for 14 days, one day after his visit to China and his interview with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Mongolian news agency said that President "Khaltma Batulga" was placed in quarantine, after returning from a visit to China, to become the first head of state to be quarantined because of the Corona virus.

The Mongolian Agency did not specify if it was merely a precaution to counter the virus, which had spread to 5 new countries during the past day.

The virus appeared in China, the first time on December 12, 2019, in Wuhan, but Beijing revealed it in mid-January.

The World Health Organization declared a state of emergency on an international scale to counter the spread of the virus, which it classed as a "pandemic", which later spread to several countries, causing panic throughout the world.