The USA recommends not traveling to 80 % of the countries of the world
The State Department increased its list of "Do Not Travel" due to the risks that exist for travelers regarding the coronavirus
The US State Department increased its ‘Do Not Travel’ list to 80 % of the world’s countries, due to what it considers “an unprecedented risk for travelers” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The list does not prohibit travels, but makes a recommendation on avoiding visits to those places that it considers dangerous. The list consisted of 34 countries and now it rises to a total of 130.
Some of the countries that were already on the list are Chad, Kosovo, Kenya, Brazil, Argentina, Haiti, Mozambique, Russia or Tanzania. Now that list is expanded when considering that the risk grew in practically the whole world.
The expansion of travel recommendations and precautions from the United States to 80 % of the world’s countries is justified “not by a reassessment of the current health situation in a given country, but rather reflects an adjustment in the travel recommendation system of the Department of Status to build more on existing epidemiological evaluations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)”.
The State Department notes that “the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present unprecedented risks for travelers. In light of those risks, the State Department strongly recommends that US citizens reconsider all travel abroad,” the note said.
K. Tovar
Source: CNN
