YANGON, Jul 31 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, yesterday further extended the entry restrictions for all travellers, to the end of Aug, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The entry of all travellers, the issuance of all types of visas and visa exemption services, will be suspended until Aug 31.
According to the ministry, foreign nationals, including diplomats and UN officials, who wish to travel to Myanmar by relief or special flights, due to urgent official missions or compelling reasons, are asked to contact the Myanmar mission for possible exceptions to certain visa restrictions.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transport and Communication also issued a further extension of the suspension period of international commercial flights, till Aug 31, in an effort to prevent imported COVID-19 cases.
Myanmar reported 5,127 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 294,460 so far, said a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports, yesterday.
With 390 new deaths, the death toll was recorded at 8,942, while the number of recoveries reached 205,677.
As part of the measures to cut the chain of COVID-19 infections, the ministry imposed a stay-at-home order in 108 townships across the country.– NNN-MNA
