Manipur, July 13 -- Amid the COVID-19 crisis situation, as many as 98 stranded Myanmar citizens have been repatriated to their home country from India's border town Moreh in Manipur, as nine more Myanmar nationals were sent back on Monday.

All the Myanmar nationals were stranded in different parts of India and brought to Moreh town and seen off at the India-Myanmar Friendship Bridge by concerned Indian officials on duty. They were sent home after screening for COVID-19 symptoms by a medical team of the Moreh Hospital.

On Monday, nine Myanmar nationals, were sent back, official sources said, adding five are female and four are male, while two among them are minor. Six of them came from Dimapur in Nagaland while three, a women and her two...