Coronavirus: US lifts global ‘do not travel’ warning
- State Department returning to country-specific alerts, says conditions no longer warrant blanket advisory
- Americans, however, still face widespread travel restrictions across the world due to uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 in their own country
The Trump administration on Thursday rescinded its warnings to Americans against all international travel because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying conditions no longer warrant a blanket worldwide alert.
The State Department lifted its level-four health advisory for the entire world to return to country-specific warnings.
That move came soon after the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention revised its Covid-19 travel advisory information. The CDC lifted “do not travel” warnings for about 20 locations but advised staying away from the vast majority of the world.
“With health and safety conditions improving in some countries and potentially deteriorating in others, the department is returning to our previous system of country-specific levels of travel advice to give travellers detailed and actionable information to make informed travel decisions,” the State Department said in a statement.
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“This will also provide US citizens more detailed information about the current status in each country,” it said. “We continue to recommend US citizens exercise caution when travelling abroad due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.”
