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		Covid Underdogs: Mongolia (medium.com/indica)
		15 points by viburnum on May 22, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

throwaway888abc on May 23, 2020 | [–]

"On January 22nd, the Mongolian Health Ministry held a press briefing with the WHO to announce that shit was real."

On January 22nd (!!!)

Mind blowing, they listened and took action based on science.

longnguyen on May 23, 2020 | [–]

Another good example would be Vietnam. We took this virus very seriously and the government announced a mandatory lock down pretty early.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vietnam

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