29 Jan
The 21st relief flight of All Nippon Airways (ANA) organized by the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo landed at Yangon International Airport yesterday bringing back the Myanmar nationals and Myanmar seamen who were stranded in Japan due to the suspension of international flights.
The relief flight of Myanmar Airways International (MAI) organized by the Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka landed at Yangon International Airport yesterday repatriating 3 Myanmar nationals who were stranded in Bangladesh.
Another relief flight of Myanmar Airways International (MAI) organized by the Myanmar Embassy in Riyadh bringing back a total of 117 Myanmar nationals stranded abroad landed at Yangon International Airport yesterday evening.
The 117 Myanmar nationals are 2 from Saudi Arabia, 9 from Qatar, 4 from Bahrain, 84 from the UAE, 3 from Egypt, 1 from Israel, 9 from Sri Lanka, 1 from Mozambique, 3 from Senegal and 1 from Malawi.
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Yangon Region government provided them with proper medical tests and arranged 14-day quarantine at specific places or designated hotels, followed by the 7-day home quarantine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working with Myanmar embassies in foreign countries and local ministries concerned to bring back citizens and seamen stranded abroad due to the suspension of international commercial flights, in accordance with the guidance of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19.
MNA (Translated by Ei Phyu Phyu Aung)
