October 02, 2020
The 8th relief flight of All Nippon Airways, organized by the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, landed at Yangon International Airport bringing 158 citizens back home yesterday.
Moreover, a total of 21 Myanmar seamen who signed off their duties in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) also returned home in the same afternoon by a relief flight of Myanmar National Airlines organized by the Consulate-General of Myanmar in Hong Kong and their shipping companies.
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Yangon Region government arranged 14-day quarantine at specific places or designated hotels, followed by the 7-day home quarantine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working with the relevant ministries and its missions in foreign countries for the repatriation of citizens abroad in accordance with the guidelines of the National-Level Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19.—MNA (Translated by Aung Khin)
