During the pandemic, the CDC has been updating its list of countries travelers should avoid because of the coronavirus.
to new White House coronavirus response coordinator Ashish Jha, the U.S. Travel Association called for an end to “avoid travel” advisories, among other pandemic travel practices.“The CDC should ensure that Americans are not dissuaded from traveling to any place with COVID-19 case rates that are equal to, or less than, the case rates prevailing in the U.S.,” the letter read. “As conditions continue to improve, the CDC should end all ‘avoid travel’ advisories for vaccinated individuals.”“The U.S.
State Department and CDC’s travel advisories are accurate and up to date,” Abinash Virk, the former head of the travel clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and an infectious-disease specialist, previously told The Washington Post by email. “They are reliable resources and extremely helpful to determine if travel to a certain location will be safe from a COVID-19 perspective or not.”It had included notices for cruise ships since March 2020, when cruise lines stopped sailing from U.S.
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