Mongolian woman gives birth to twins on airplane

A 42-year-old Mongolian woman gave birth to twins on a chartered flight from Istanbul, Turkey to Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator early Friday.

"The twin baby girls were born two months early and their mother is now under isolation and medical observation," Dulmaa Nyamkhuu, head of Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Diseases said Friday at a press conference.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Mongolia has been bringing back its citizens from abroad in stages via chartered flights, buses and trains.

The woman is one of over 260 Mongolian nationals who returned from Turkey on a chartered flight early Friday, according to the center.