Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications on Sunday extended the suspension period of international commercial flights to the end of June due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Trend reports.

The ministry also announced the extension of effective period for temporary measures to prevent importation of COVID-19 to the country through air travel which was due to end on Monday.

According to the Health and Sports Ministry, Myanmar reported 45 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 143,571 on Sunday.