A total of 120 Myanmar citizens arrived back home by an MAI relief flight organized by Myanmar embassies in Washington and Seoul via Incheon International Airport yesterday evening.
The group of these persons included 61 from the United States, 12 from Mexico, 40 from the Republic of Korea, and 7 from Panama.
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.
A total of 8 relief flights have been arranged in bringing Myanmar citizens from the United States back home through Incheon airport.—MNA
