YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar's Ministry of Health on Sunday (May 1) lifted the quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers who test negative for Covid-19 in a rapid test at the Yangon International Airport. The rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for Covid-19 at the airport costs 15,000 kyats per testing for travellers, and the result comes within an hour, the health ministry said. All foreign travellers entering the country before Sunday had to wait in quarantine at designated hotels for about 24 hours for the RT-PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test result. Myanmar's health ministry said it has lifted and shortened the quarantine periods as the Covid-19 positivity rate of incoming tourists was very low. The health ministry's official figures showed that over 23.47 million people in Myanmar have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Source: The Star May 03, 2022 09:24 UTC