THE 41st relief flight of Myanmar Airways International (MAI) organized by the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul landed at Yangon International Airport bringing back a total of 85 Myanmar nationals after they were stranded in the Republic of Korea yesterday evening.

Among them, 67 people were from the RoK, 4 from the USA, 4 from Italy, 1 from Switzerland, 1 from Egypt, 4 from Norway, 3 from Germany and 1 from Brazil.

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.

To bring back the Myanmar citizens and Myanmar seamen who are stranded in foreign countries by relief flights and chartered flights in accordance with the instructions from National-Level Central Committee on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cooperated with the relevant ministries and Myanmar embassies from respective countries.— MNA

(Translated by Ei Phyu Phyu Aung)

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar