A total of 26 Myanmar seamen who signed off from three ships – eight from MT-Hai Xing of China and five from MV Ever Alliance and 13 from MT Busan Hope of India – anchored in the Andaman Sea arrived in Kawthoung yesterday evening.

Captain Saw Shar Gay Htoo and six seamen for MT-Hai Xing, Captain U Kyaw Htet Lin and two seamen for MV Ever Alliance, and Captain U Soe Min Tun and eleven seamen for MT Busan Hope has swapped duties with the returned seamen.

Officials from departments concerned and healthcare workers examined the returned seamen’s health conditions.

The twenty six seamen are being quarantined for 21 days and their lab samples will be sent to the National Health Laboratory.

Kyaw Soe(Kawthoung)

(Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)

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