In Myanmar, in addition to the ongoing turmoil after the coup d'etat, the medical system has collapsed due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the movement of local Japanese to evacuate is accelerating.
A flight to Narita Airport departed from the international airport in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on the evening of the 6th local time.
According to ANA, which operates, about 190 seats are almost full.
The flights connecting Yangon and Narita are irregular, and last month there was only one, but this month there are three scheduled, two of which are almost full and the remaining one is filling up. That is.
In Myanmar, in addition to the ongoing turmoil after the coup d'etat, the infection of the new coronavirus has spread rapidly since mid-June, and the originally weak local medical system has collapsed.
According to the local Japanese embassy, about 60 Japanese have been infected and 4 have died since last month, and the embassy is urging Japanese residents to consider returning to Japan temporarily.
As a result, the movement of Japanese people to evacuate from Myanmar is accelerating, and the number of Japanese residents, which was more than 3,500 as of December last year, is expected to decrease to several hundreds by the end of this month. is.