A total of 147 Myanmar citizens including seamen who were stranded in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) because of the suspension of commercial flights returned home by relief flight yesterday.

Myanmar Consulate-General Office in Hong Kong arranged the relief flight of China Airlines that landed at the Yangon International Airport in the morning.

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 7-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 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 Kyaw Zin Tun)

Photo: MNA

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