People disembark from a passenger ship in Yangon, Myanmar. The number of Covid-19 infection cases has increased to 330 in Myanmar as of Saturday, according to latest figures from the country's Ministry of Health and Sports on Sunday (July 12). - Xinhua
YANGON, July 12 (Xinhua): More Myanmar nationals including seamen were repatriated from Malaysia and Singapore, bringing the number of returnees from abroad to 7,545 as of Saturday (July 11), according to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.
Due to the suspension of international commercial flights during the Covid-19 pandemic, Myanmar government has been repatriating its citizens stranded in foreign countries and regions, in cooperation with the authorities concerned.
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