 Now to business news, the Asian Development Bank, ADB, has approved a loan package of $19 million for Mongolia to buy vaccines against COVID-19. The Manila-based bank said the project was part of ADB's Asia-Pacific Vaccines Assets Facility, APVACS, launched in December 2022, to offer rapid support and vaccine-related support to its developing members. ADB President Masa Sugu Asakawa said the project under APVACS would provide the government of Mongolia with immediate and flexible financing to vaccinate priority populations. Asakawa said that the priority would be given especially to those at highest risk from infection to reduce the impacts of the disease and help put the country on a path to sustained recovery. Mongolia has reported 55,852 confirmed cases of COVID-19, as of Friday, including 277 deaths.