A total of 170 Myanmar citizens including seamen who were stranded in foreign countries – 40 from Bangladesh and 130 from the Republic of Korea – because of the suspension of commercial flights returned home by relief flight yesterday.

The Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka organized the relief flight of Myanmar Airways International to repatriate the 40 Myanmar nationals from the Bangladesh. The flight landed at the Yangon International Airport in the afternoon.

The Myanmar Embassy in Seoul and the Crew Change Supporting Committee (Myanmar) organized the relief flight of Myanmar Airways International to bring back 130 Myanmar seamen home from ROK. The flight landed at the Yangon International Airport in the evening.

The group of Myanmar seamen included 80 from the ROK, 2 from Panama, 27 from Japan, 1 from Canada, 4 from USA, 4 from Singapore, 2 from Britain, 7 from UAE and 3 from Hong Kong.

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 ministries concerned and shipping companies 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

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