Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA / Image : Passengers on PPE (middle) awaiting to depart for Xiamen from Changi Airport.
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Myanmar reports a total of 90713 confirmed covid cases on 1 December 2020
As of 1 December 2020, Myanmar has surpassed the People's Republic of China in the total number of official confirmed covid cases. Its Ministry of Health & Sports reported that Myanmar has a total of 90713 confirmed covid cases while 70156 covid patients have recovered and 1941 people in Myanmar have passed away from covid as at 1 December.
Due to the severity of the covid pandemic, the domestic airlines of Myanmar have again suspended commercial flights till 15 December 2020 while international airlines deferred commercial flights to Yangon till New Year's Eve. According to local authorities, this is the tenth time that the airlines have deferred commercial flights due to the pandemic since 29 March 2020 although relief and charter flights from other countries may continue.
Existing flights to Yangon are decided and arranged by the Myanmar Foreign Ministry. According to the foreign ministry officials, the overseas Myanmar migrant workers have no right to decide the date of their return. They have to download forms, fill in the forms and forward the registration forms to the foreign ministry for consideration. They can only return to Yangon if they are accepted by the ministry. The ministry officials encourage healthy migrant workers to remain in the host countries until the pandemic in Myanmar is over.
Even if if the Myanmar migrant workers are able to land in Yangon, they have to be quarantined for two weeks in Yangon if they display any symptom of covid after covi testing. It is not known if they have to pay for quarantine and if affirmative the cost of quarantine. According to the foreign ministry, the Myanmar government does not mandate that Myanmar migrant workers need to be tested for covid while in the host countries before departure.
The Myanmar Times on 1 December 2020 quoted U Than Naing Soe, the Ministry of Health & Sports spokesman, as reporting that the covid pandemic has overwhelmed Myanmar's healthcare system, which is "struggling to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19".
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Tickets to Yangon not on open sale
The respective Myanmar embassies in foreign countries currently do not welcome foreigners to step into their embassies and purchase air tickets on behalf of the migrant workers as these tickets priced at 150 Dollars each are not available for open sale. Ticket purchase is subject to the Myanmar government decision and on the Myanmar citizens' appointments with the embassies on weekdays only.
Myanmar National Airlines has closed down its ticketing office in Singapore since October 2020 while its operations office in Changi Airport is only open when there is a charter flight. Myanmar Airways International has stopped both ticketing and operation activities in Singapore, There are also no flights to Singapore by Myanmar Airways International, Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, Scoot and Jetstar Asia Airways.
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Covid tally of ASEAN as at 1 December 2020
Below is the covid tally of the ASEAN countries as at 1 December 2020
Figures are correct at the time of research.
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