Washington – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. State Department warned on Monday (Aug 16) against travel to Turkey due to the recent surge in Covid cases in that nation, while eased its advisories for India.
The CDC added Turkey to its “Level 4: Very High” COVID-19 level, while the State Department issued its parallel: “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory, Along with Turkey the other nation in Level 4 of the U.S. State Department are: Sudan, Dominica, Montenegro
The CDC lowered India to “Level 2: Moderate,” while the State Department eased its India rating to “Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution.”
The other nation in Level 2 is Antigua and Barbuda, Angola, Sao Tome and Principe.
In addition to India, the United States currently bars most non-U.S. citizens who within the last 14 days have been in the United Kingdom, the 26 Schengen nations in Europe without internal border controls, or in Ireland, China, South Africa, Iran and Brazil.
The CDC currently lists more than 70 countries at its travel advisory rating.
Last week, CDC and the U.S. State Department lowered the COVID-19 travel advisory for Canada to “Level 2.”
Despite the change, the U.S. government shows no sign of easing any COVID-19 restrictions.”
On Aug. 9, Canada opened to fully vaccinated American tourists for the first time in 16 months. The United States has not eased any restrictions that barring non-essential non-U.S. citizens from crossing its land borders with Mexico and Canada.
Those current U.S. restrictions have been repeatedly renewed in 30-day increments and are expected to be extended before they expire on Aug. 21.
