PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVELERS
ENTERING MYANMAR THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS (1-12-2022)
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-19 Vaccine or Comirnaty (Pfizer Inc., & BioNTech);
- Jansen or Johnson & Johnson (Jansen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson);
- Moderna (Moderna TX, 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.
- Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) vaccine, Novavax Co.Ltd
- Covovax, Serum Institute of India Pt Ltd
- CorBEvax™M, Biological E Limited
- CorBEvaTM, Biological E Limited
- COMIRNATY®, BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH
- COMIRNATY®Original/Omicron BA.1, BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH
- VAXZEVRIA, AstraZeneca AB / SK Bioscience Co. Ltd
- COVISHIELD™, Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd
- COVID-19 Vaccine, Janssen-Cilag International NV SPIKEVAX, Moderna Biotech
- CONVIDECIA, CaSino Biologics Inc
(Children under 12 years old are exempted from this requirement, if they travel with fully vaccinated parents) or guardian(s). The country, name and date(s) of vaccination must be clearly stated in English and/or Myanmar, with the particulars of the travelers according to their passport.)
(b) The negative COVID-19 RT-PCR result issued at most 48 hours before arrival to Myanmar if the passenger is unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated
(Children under 12 years old are exempted from this requirement. The negative COVID-19 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-19 medical insurance purchased from Myanma Insurance.
(Detailed information can be obtained at the Myanma Insurance's website_ Myanma Insurance (mminsurance.gov.mm). Diplomats, UN officials and their families can submit the health insurance from their respective country
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. If the travelers are fond to be symptomatic of COVID-19 at airport health fever screening, they will be tested on COVID-19 by RDT. 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 positive on COVID-19 testing.
6. 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.)
7. 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.
8. Travelers who can't present the documents mentioned in the paragraph 1 (a) and (b) may enter Myanmar only by relief flights
(Travelers who are foreigners shall not be allowed to take relief flights to Myanmar from 17 April 2022 onward.)
9. The travelers shall strictly follow the instructions made by the respective health authorities and airport authorities. A legal action will be taken against the traveler concerned, if there is a breach of COVID-19 control regulations.
10. Foreigners are not allowed to transit through Myanmar.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Travelers shall access the website of Ministry of Immigration and Population (https://evisa.moip.gov.mm) for their visa requirements or exemptions and other visa-related matters.
14. Travelers shall enter to Myanmar through airports approved by Department of Civil Aviation.
15. These requirements are subject to changes.
16. These requirements shall take effect from 1-12-2022 / 00:01 Hour Myanmar Standard Time, and supersede the Public Health Requirements for Travelers Who Wish to Enter into Myanmar through International Commercial Flights (8-10-2022).
