Overview
- Indore officials confirmed 10 deaths and more than 270 hospitalizations after tests found fecal bacteria in tap water following weeks of odor complaints.
- A preliminary finding points to sewage seeping from a public toilet into a drinking-water line; several municipal officers were temporarily relieved as 2,456 residents were screened and 32 remained in intensive care.
- Mongolia’s food and agriculture minister ordered strict compliance with vaccine storage and transport protocols down to the herder level after inspections of the state producer and the national veterinary laboratory.
- Biokombinat said it needs 3.5 billion MNT to modernize its dry-vaccine line, while the state veterinary lab reported three international accreditations in 2025 and verification work on 769 product series.
- Weather agencies flagged deep cold and snow for Mongolia from Jan. 5–9, and heavy snowfall in Japan left about 130 people sheltering overnight at Mitsumine Shrine without reported injuries.