The 36th relief flight of Myanmar Airways International organized by the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul landed at Yangon International Airport bringing back a total of 78 Myanmar nationals after they were stranded in the Republic of Korea due to the suspension of international flights yesterday evening.

The returnee group included 44 persons from the ROK, 3 from Brazil, 1 from Canada, 1 from Norway, 6 from Switzerland, 6 from South Africa, 2 from the UK and 15 from the US.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Yangon Region government arranged 7-day quarantine at specific places or designated hotels, followed by the 7-day home quarantine. To bring back the Myanmar citizens 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)

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