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Most medical facilities in Myanmar are inadequate for routine medical care. If you are seeking medical care in Burma, you will be asked to pay cash for all health care services and medicines before receiving care; credit cards are not accepted in most health care facilities and insurance will not be billed.
Adequate Emergency Medical Services including ambulance care is not reliably available. Patients who are admitted to public hospitals typically need a family member or friend to assist them with care in the hospital, and food and medical supplies must be purchased for use in the hospital.
Few medical personnel in Burma are trained to U.S. standards. U.S. citizens needing urgent medical care have been denied treatment at public hospitals due to a lack of funds.
The following diseases are prevalent:
Yes. COVID vaccine is required to enter Myanmar. Only children under 12 years old are exempted from this requirement.
Approved vaccines are Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Janssen, Covishield, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik V, Sputnik Light, Covaxin, Nuvaxovid, Covovax, CorBEvax, Myancopharm.
Passengers under the age of 12 traveling with fully vaccinated parents or guardians do not need a vaccination certificate.
Children under the age of 6 are exempt from pre-departure testing requirements. Passengers under the age of 12 traveling with fully vaccinated parents or guardians do not need a vaccination certificate.
Yes. Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated passengers are required to take a COVID-19 PCR test 48hrs before departure.
Myanmar still is identifying COVID-19 cases, and, due to an increasing number of cases in several countries, surveillance is being intensified and travel protocols are strictly enforced.