"The first batch of Myanmar citizens from Singapore arrived at Yangon International airport via a MNA relief flight on May 7. A total of 144 were on board. Those coming back were monks, pregnant women, patients undergoing treatment in Singapore but faced lockdown, students via a scholarship programme by the government, work permit holders and prisoners freed from prison according to Myanmar Embassy in Singapore. Under the guidance of the Myanmar Government, Myanmar embassy in Singapore has arranged relief flights to rescue those trapped in lockdown. “We left Changi airport from Singapore at 1:45 pm and arrived at Yangon at 3:15 pm. Some went quarantine at some hotels and some at Mya Shwe Kyin monastery in Pale Myothit,” said a Myanmar citizen who doesn’t want to be identified. Because of COVID-19, some countries set lockdown and flights have been cancelled. On April 30, 96 Myanmar came back from South Korea, on May 2, 195 from Japan, on May 6, 38 from Bangladesh, on May 7, 144 from Singapore came to Myanmar with relief flights totaling 618..."