PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVELERS WHO WISH TO ENTER INTO MYANMAR THROUGH AIR TRANSPORT (7-4-2022)

1. Travelers shall have the following documents:

(a)     A COVID 19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated, at least 14 days before arrival to Myanmar, with one of the following vaccines which has been approved by the Ministry of Health (MOH)- –  CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech Ltd.); – AstraZeneca or Covishield (AstraZeneca & University of Oxford/SK Bioscience (Korea)/Siam BioScience/ Serum Institute of India (SII)); – Pfizer- BioNTech COVID-l9 Vaccine or Comirnaty (Pfizer Inc., & BioNTech); – Janssen or Johnson & Johnson (Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson); – Moderna (ModemaTX, Inc.,); – Sinopharm or COVILO or BIBP-CorV (Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd); – Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) (Gamaleya National Research Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology); – Sputnik Light (Gamaleya National Research Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology)၊ – Covaxin by Bharat Biotech; and – Myancopharm by Ministry of Industry, Myanmar. (Children under 6 years old are exempted from this requirement, if they travel with fully vaccinated parent(s) or guardian(s). The country, name and date(s) of vaccination must he clearly stated in English and/or Myanmar, with the particulars of the travelers according to their passport.) (b)     a negative COVID-l9 RT-PCR test result issued at most 72 hours before arrival to Myanmar (Children under 6 years old are exempted from this requirement. The negative COWD-19 RT-PCR test result and the date of the test taken [or] information regarding COVID-19 recovery must be clearly stated in English, with the particulars of the travelers according to their passport.) (c)     (For travelers who are foreigners) a COVID-l9 medical insurance purchased from Myanma Insurance. (Detained information can be obtained at the Myanma Insurance’s website.)

2. Travelers shall present a printed copy of each document mentioned in the paragraph 1 to airline staffs upon check-in before boarding the aircraft destined for Myanmar as well as to the respective airport health authorities upon arrival to Myanmar.
3. Travelers shall submit a Health Declaration Form to the respective airport health authorities upon arrival to Myanmar.

(A legal action will be taken against a traveler, if he or she provides any incorrect information in the Health Declaration Form.)

4. Travelers shall be subject to a thermal screening to be conducted by the respective airport health authorities, upon arrival to Myanmar.
5. Travelers shall fulfil the following requirements at their own costs;

(a)     a private transportation from the airport to the designated hotel; (b)     a stay at a designated hotel until the result of COVID-19 RT-PCR test; and (A list of designated hotels can be obtained at the website of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.) (c)     a COVID-l9 RT-PCR test to be undergone by a laboratory approved by the MOH.

6. Travelers may check out from the designated hotels, after receiving their test results showing negative for COVID-l9 from the respective health authorities.

(The test results will take approximately 24 hours to be conveyed by the respective health authorities, through the designated hotel concerned.)

7. Travelers shall report to the respective health authorities, if they have developed signs and symptoms of COVID-19 during their stay in Myanmar.

(Contact details of the respective health authorities can be obtained from the designated hotels.)

8. Travelers shall be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility or treatment center or hotel designated by the MOH as per health protocols, if they are found to be symptomatic of COVID-19 or they are tested positive for COVID-19 during the RT-PCR test.
9. Before departure from Myanmar, travelers may take COVID-19 tests, as required by the countries they will travel to and transit through, at laboratories designated by the MOH, at their own cost.
10. Travelers who can’t present the documents mentioned in the paragraph 1 (a) and (b) may enter Myanmar only by relief flights, and shall fulfill the Quarantine and Testing Requirements of International Travelers to Myanmar issued and updated by the MOH.

(Travelers who are foreigners shall not be allowed to take relief flights to Myanmar from 17 April 2022 onward.)

11. Travelers shall enter Myanmar only through Yangon International Airport.
12. The designated hotels and travelers shall strictly follow the instructions made by the respective health authorities. A legal action will be taken against the hotel or traveler concerned, if there is a breach of COVlD-19 control regulations.
13. Government officials may follow the arrangements provided as to their temporary stay and COVID-19 test.
14. Foreigners are not allowed to transit through Myanmar.
15. State guests or foreign delegates visiting Myanmar by state flights or special flights may seek exemptions from the above requirements by submitting a request letter to the Central Committee for Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the MOH, at least (5) working days prior to the date of arrival.
16. Foreign air crew who need a layover in Myanmar are subjected to self-isolation at hotels designated by the MOH until their next flight, as per respective health protocols.
17. Travelers shall access the website of Ministry of Immigration and Population for their visa requirements or exemptions and other visa-related matters.
18. These requirements are subject to changes.
19. These requirements shall take effect from 17 April 2022 0000 hours Myanmar Standard Time.

Source From : Ministry of Health