A relief flight of Myanmar National Airlines landed at Yangon International Airport yesterday afternoon, with 153 citizens who were stranded in Singapore due to suspension of international flights.

Five people who returned from Yangon and Mandalay were allowed to go back home this morning after being placed under 14-day observation at a facility quarantine center in the town of Haka, Chin State.

Officials from the township General Administration Department and Information and Public Relations Department presented cash aid provided by the government amid the outbreak of COVID-19 to persons with disabilities from villages and wards in Momauk Township, Bhamo District, Kachin Sate this morning on a door to door basis.

An event to present cash assistance provided by the government amid the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic to grass roots was held at the meeting room of General Administration Department in Mattaya Township of Mandalay Region this morning.

The disabled people in Wundwin Township, Mandalay Region have been provided with K 30,000 each through ward and village administrators, according to an official from the General Administration Department.

A 500-bedded temporary hospital is being created by the Ayeyawady Foundation at Thuwunna Football Stadium in Yangon under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Sports.