Coronavirus continues to pose 'unprecedented risks to travellers', the US state department says.
The US state department said its decision to update its travel advisories was to bring it more in line with those from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and "does not imply a reassessment of the current health situation in a given country".
Only three places at the world are assessed at the lowest of the state department's four risk levels - "Exercise normal precautions". They are Macau, Taiwan and New Zealand. The CDC currently recommends all Americans refrain from travelling domestically until they have been fully vaccinated and warns that international travel "poses additional risks" even for those vaccinated.While more than 860 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in 165 countries worldwide, many countries are still struggling to contain the virus.