A relief flight of Myanmar Airways International (MAI) landed at the Yangon International Airport yesterday night, bringing back a total of 164 Myanmar citizens who were stranded in Malaysia. The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, the Ministry of Health and Sports, and local officials helped the returnees for health inspections and arranged for 21-day 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. The Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is cooperating with relevant organizations in Malaysia in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to bring home undocumented Myanmar nationals and those who are detained at cells.—MNA (Translated by Khine Thazin Han)
164 Myanmar citizens fly back home from Malaysia
- August 20, 2020
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