"The ministry said 15 of the new COVID-19 patients were residents of Yangon and two others were residents of Mandalay. The new patients were undergoing the mandatory 21-day facility quarantine when they tested positive for the virus. All the new COVID-19 cases reported in the country during the past two weeks were imported, involving citizens returning from abroad, health ministry data showed. On May 29, The Department of Civil Aviation notified all international airlines about the extension of a ban on commercial flights to Myanmar until June 15. The ban on international commercial flights was first imposed on March 29 as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Thousands of Myanmar migrants who lost their jobs abroad due to the coronavirus are now returning to the country. The Foreign Affairs ministry earlier announced the government has prepared quarantine facilities across the country that can accommodate up to 100,000 people. The government is relying on strict quarantining and swift contact tracing to control the virus, which was first detected in the country on March 23. From January 31 to May 29 at 8 pm, Myanmar has been able to test 23,951 people for the disease, according to data from the health ministry. So far, Myanmar has reported 224 confirmed cases, including six deaths and 130 recoveries..."