{"id":26988,"date":"2022-04-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/?guid=063d17d5c2d017e922d1497dea41cfd8"},"modified":"2022-04-18T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"myanmars-yangon-intl-airport-reopens-after-two-year-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/myanmars-yangon-intl-airport-reopens-after-two-year-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar’s Yangon Int’l Airport Reopens After Two-Year Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"
Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport yesterday, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/P>
An airport official said that, a Singapore Airlines flight that arrived at around 9.00 a.m. (0230 GMT) yesterday was the first flight touching down at the airport after the reopening.<\/P>
The country suspended the operation of commercial flights in Mar, 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in an attempt to contain the virus.<\/P>
Inbound passengers need to present proof of vaccination with a Ministry of Health-approved vaccine and a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report, as part of the health protocol.<\/P>
Meanwhile, all foreign travellers shall submit the COVID-19 medical insurance, purchased from Myanmar Insurance.<\/P>
All incoming travellers shall also wait at designated hotels for the RT-PCR test result, that is to be sent by the Health Ministry in about 24 hours.<\/P>
Myanmar confirmed 18 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 612,545. The total death toll from COVID-19 in the country was 19,434.<\/P>
Over 22.23 million people in Myanmar have been fully vaccinated as of Apr 9, official data showed.<\/P>
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Source: NAM News Network<\/P>
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Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport yesterday, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.An airport official said that, a Singapore Airlines flight that arrived at around 9.00 a….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n