A total of 126 Myanmar seamen arrived back home by an MAI relief flight organized by Myanmar Embassy in Seoul and the Crew Change Supporting Committee (CCSC) via Incheon International Airport yesterday morning.

The returnees included 71 Myanmar citizens from ROK, 12 from Singapore, 2 each from Netherland, Indonesia and the UAE, 6 from Ivory Coast, 14 from Egypt, 1 each from Kenya, Bangladesh and Panama and 14 from the Philippines.

Then, the 33rd MAI relief flight organized by Myanmar Embassy in Seoul brought back 168 Myanamr citizens in the same evening.

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 and Myanmar seamen 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, companies and Myanmar embassies from respective countries.

MNA

(Translated by Khine Thazin Han)

Photo: MNA

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