"The ban, first introduced on March 30 and extended by decrees since then, would now extend from May 15 to May 31, according to a memo to airlines from the civil aviation department and signed by its director general U Aung Kyaw Tun. The decision was made by the National Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19, the memo said. The country has recorded 181 cases of COVID-19 and six deaths as a direct result of the virus, according to data from the health ministry released on Thursday. The government has imposed restrictions on movement, including a night curfew and semi-lockdown measures in parts of the country, and ordered factories to halt operations until receiving approvals from official health inspectors..."