Ulaanbaatar
COVID-19 safety measures for 2021 presidential election approved
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. At its regular meeting on May 19, the government of Mongolia approved a temporary regulation for the prevention of COVID-19 spread during the forthcoming presidential election set on June 9, 2021.
The regulation lays out detailed safety measures to take, and responsibilities imposed on political parties and candidates throughout the election campaign period, which began on May 24, Monday and until the end of the nationwide polling day of June 9, as well as actions to be taken in detection of suspected COVID-19 case and so forth.
The regulation requires to ensure the protection of human lives, health and safety and public interests and recognize human dignity when taking coronavirus safety measures, and adhere to the principles of transparency, accountability and cooperation.
As stated in the regulation, following safety measures will be enforced to ensure voters' safety and prevent the spread of COVID-19 during election campaigning activities:
- All in-person meetings and events of candidates and voters during election campaigns must not take longer than 2 hours and all participants must wear face masks,
- Conference rooms and halls to host the meetings and events must be disinfected in advance and participants must remain at least 1.5 meter away from each other at all times,
- Voters will be checked for temperature and sprayed with hand sanitizer when they enter the polling station and will be provided with face mask if they do not have one.
- Protective face masks must not contain any promotional messages,
- During the distribution of promotional materials to voters, the materials must be left outside of the voters’ homes, avoiding physical contacts.
