WASHINGTON â The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to India amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
In a statement, the CDC said: Because of the current situation in India even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to India. If you must travel to India, get fully vaccinated before travel. All travelers should wear a mask, stay 6 feet from others, avoid crowds, and wash their hands.
The CDC also issued travel recommendations for fully vaccinated travelers, which stated: If you are fully vaccinated, then do not have to get tested before leaving the United States, unless your destination requires it and you do not have to self-quarantine after you arrive in the United States.
Travel is also discouraged for the remaining 20%
Published April 20, 2021 •
Updated on April 20, 2021 at 5:58 am
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The State Department on Monday urged Americans reconsider any international travel they may have planned and said it would issue specific warnings not to visit roughly 80% of the world s countries due to risks from the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States hasn t had a global advisory warning against international travel since August, when guidance was revoked by the Trump administration. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
The advice issued by the department isn t a formal global advisory. Instead, it says the State Department will start using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards as it prepares health and safety guidelines for individual countries. Because of those standards, about 80% of countries will be classified as “Level 4” or “do not travel.
Tracking course of Covid-19 outbreak in India very closely: US
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WASHINGTON: The United States is tracking the course of the Covid-19 outbreak in India “very closely”, the State Department has said.
“We are tracking the course of the Covid outbreak in India very closely,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference.
Responding to a question, he said, Secretary of State, Tony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed the issue during a phone call on Monday. “Whether it s India or any other country, we are committed to doing what we can both at present and going forward to see to it that this virus is brought under control,” he said.
Travel is also discouraged for the remaining 20%
Published April 20, 2021 •
Updated on April 20, 2021 at 8:58 am
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
The State Department on Monday urged Americans reconsider any international travel they may have planned and said it would issue specific warnings not to visit roughly 80% of the world s countries due to risks from the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States hasn t had a global advisory warning against international travel since August, when guidance was revoked by the Trump administration. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The advice issued by the department isn t a formal global advisory. Instead, it says the State Department will start using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards as it prepares health and safety guidelines for individual countries. Because of those standards, about 80% of countries will be classified as “Level 4” or “do not tr
In a statement, the CDC said: Because of the current situation in India even fully vaccinated travellers may be at risk for getting and spreading Covid-19 variants and should avoid all travel to India. (Representative photo: Reuters)
WASHINGTON: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had advised its citizens to avoid travelling to India amid a massive surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.
In a statement, the CDC said: Because of the current situation in India even fully vaccinated travellers may be at risk for getting and spreading Covid-19 variants and should avoid all travel to India. If you must travel to India, get fully vaccinated before travel. All travellers should wear a mask, stay 6 feet from others, avoid crowds, and wash their hands.