Source: IQAir Official (https://www.iqair.com/blog/press-releases/iqair-takes-action-against-deadly-coronavirus-outbreak)

First discovered just ahead of the Chinese New Year Festival in January 2020, coronavirus 2019-nCoV infections threaten millions. The World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, and other health agencies have issued official warnings.1,2,3

Source: http://theubpost.mn/2016/12/14/ulaanbaatars-silent-killer-2/ 

At a small medical clinic on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar’s ger district, the waiting room is full of mothers and fathers cradling their sick children. One baby vomits in the hallway, while another tiny boy struggles to breathe, wheezing and gasping for air. The three-room Orkhon Tushee Murun medical center in the 17th Khoroo of Bayanzurkh

In February of 2003, newspapers began reporting a rapidly spreading atypical pneumonia. Now identified as severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, this highly contagious condition is caused by a new coronavirus for which there is no specific antiviral treatment. While the epicenter of the outbreak was China, the disease spread quickly across Asia and to North America (especially Canada) with a total of 32 countries eventually reporting cases.

By Enkhzul Altangerel: In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, children like Nandin-Erdene face air so dense with pollution that they cannot view the colour of traffic lights. See what the air quality means for children’s health, and learn what UNICEF and partners are doing to cut through the smog.