COVID Spikes and Spreads to Basketball Academy Director

Hard to believe this headline?  Mongolia’s Covid-19 tally surpasses China  Can it be true even though China has about 400 times as many people? 

It hit home last week when Matthew our 33 year old Mongolian friend and fellow basketball academy coach and director came down with COVID.  He had received his first Chinese vaccine from Synopharm, but could not get the second dose from showing symptoms, which he wasn't sure were allergies or what.

Then he tested  positive and started to quarantine with his family of 6.  We're hoping they all make it through safely soon and are hearing that is likely.  There is now news of another lockdown stirring in the plans of the newly elected president of Mongolia for July.  

You can see pictures of academy kids and coaches at the website of our International Mongolian Basketball Academy