Yangon--Myanmar government will temporarily suspend the issuance of visa on arrival and e-visa  for all countries until 30 April and has added nine more countries with very high numbers of cases into the list of 14-day quarantine, according to the statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 20 March. 

With a view to preventing importation and spread of COVID-19, Myanmar government is obliged to take additional precautionary measures to control and limit the risk that travellers from the countries with very high numbers of cases may pose to the populations in Myanmar.

All incoming travellers including Myanmar citizens arriving from or having visited USA, Switzerland, UK, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Norway and Denmark in the past 14 days shall be subject to 14-day facility quarantine on their arrival in Myanmar. 

As for diplomats accredited to Myanmar and resident United Nations officials, they will be encouraged to take home quarantine for 14 days on their arrivals in Myanmar. 

All are required to present Medical Certificate issued by a medical facility recognized by the health authorities of the respective states, of having no symptoms of acute respiratory illness (fever and cough or shortness of breath), before boarding any airline destined to Myanmar. 

However, diplomats accredited to Myanmar, the resident UN officials and any foreign national who intends to travel to Myanmar on compelling reason or on an important official mission may contact nearest Myanmar Missions for a necessary entry visa or for ease of the quarantine procedure, the statment says.

So far, Myanmar has banned 16 countries for travel restriction due to COVID-19.  

On  15 March, the MOFA announced that all incoming travellers, including Myanmar citizens, arriving from or having visited Italy, Iran, France, Spain and Germany in the past 14 days shall be subjected to 14-day facility quarantine or their arrivals in Myanmar.

Foreign nationals who have been in high-risk areas such as China’s Hubei Province and South Korea’s Daegu and Gyeongbuk Region in the past 14 days will not be allowed to enter Myanmar until further notice. Myanmar citizens arriving from these high-risk areas will be subject to a 14-day quarantine in government facilities.

There have been no confirmed cases in Myanmar yet. In an attempt to contain the spreading of COVID-19, the government has banned mass gatherings, events, festivals and closed schools,  bars and KTVs untill 30 April.