The United States on Wednesday released a new travel advisory for Americans which consisted of countries they can travel amid the pandemic. In the advisory, the US have kept India in its list of countries under ‘do not travel’, but took neighbouring countries Pakistan and Bangladesh off it.
The US came up with a new country-specific system in August, ditching the pandemic-related global advisory to curb the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The new system was approved with the help from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC).
In August, the country had kept most countries in the category of “Level 4: Do Not Travel.’
On Wednesday, the country released a new guideline which showed six countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, have moved to the category of less prohibitive ‘Level 3: reconsider travel’. The other four countries promoted are Benin, Kuwait, Mexico and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
“We continue to monitor health and safety conditions around the world, working with the CDC and other agencies, as conditions evolve,” the state department said in a statement.
“Covid-19 risk in India is high. If you get sick in India and need medical care, resources may be limited,” added the advisory.
Meanwhile, the United States remains the world’s worst affected country. The country has so far reported 190,000 deaths with cases exceeding 6.3 million marks.
