Plans to slowly reopen some international flights between Yangon and gateway cities in Southeast Asia in October have been suspended after Covid-19 cases spiked, TTR Weekly reported.

In response to rising Covid-19 cases, the country’s Department of Civil Aviation suspended domestic flights until 1 October. It virtually knocks out domestic travel by air to Mandalay, Bagan and Inle Lake, leaving the tourism industry to rely entirely on overland travel by bus and train.

Almost the entire country including Nay Pyi Daw, Yangon and north-western Rakhine state is now under lockdown. In Yangon, some district communities barricaded streets to bar non-residents from entering at the weekend, the report said.