CDC to Drop COVID-Related Travel Advisories for Individual Countries |

CDC to Drop COVID-Related Travel Advisories for Individual Countries

The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it would no longer maintain a country-by-country list of coronavirus-related travel advisories.

CDC officials said it would only post notices for nations if it is experiencing a concerning COVID-19 variant or other situation that would change the agency’s travel recommendations, starting on October 3.

“As fewer countries are testing or reporting COVID-19 cases, CDC's ability to accurately assess the COVID-19 THN [Travel Health Notice] levels for most destinations that American travellers visit is limited,”
CDC Spokesperson

The CDC still recommends that all tourists travelling internationally stay up-to-date with their coronavirus vaccinations and booster shots. Travellers are also being asked to make educated decisions before hitting the road, including weighing out medical circumstances and risk tolerance.

In addition, the government agency is still advising American travellers to get tested before boarding flights back to the US after visiting international destinations.

In August, the CDC updated its COVID-19 guidance to help the public better protect themselves and understand their risk as the virus now poses significantly less risk of severe illness, hospitalisation and death compared to early on in the pandemic.

Full Covid-19 Vaccination For International Visitors

Although the world is no longer at a stage of the pandemic where strict Covid restrictions are required, the United States has yet to drop vaccination requirements and is one of the few nations to require non-citizens to be fully vaccinated to visit for tourism.

This requirement doesn’t apply to US citizens and legal residents returning to the United States from a foreign trip.

Additionally, there are no federal pre-arrival testing requirements or a federal mask mandate on commercial travel unless the airline or airport requires it.

Although US lawmakers are calling for the Biden administration to remove this vaccination rule, White House officials have refused to give a precise date or set out a reopening path giving rise to speculation the US will not return to its pre-Covid normality anytime soon.

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