Jamaica, other Caribbean nations included on US State Department’s amended ‘Do Not Travel’ list
Juanique Tennant / Our Today
As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to pose unprecedented risks to travelers, the United States Department of State has issued ‘Do Not Travel’ advisories for Jamaica and other Caribbean countries.
In a press release from the Anthony Blinken-led US State Department, dated Monday, April 19, the department said it would “begin updating its travel advisories this week to better reflect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) science-based Travel Health Notices that outline current issues affecting traveler’s health”.
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According to the Department of State, the update will result in a significant increase in the number of countries at Level 4: Do Not Travel to “approximately 80 per cent of countries worldwide”.
As per the update, Jamaica has now moved from a Level 3: Reconsider Travel on the Department’s travel advisory list, to a Level 4: Do Not Travel. Jamaica has been listed as a Level 4: Do Not Travel country on the CDC’s travel advisory list since November 2020.
Other Caribbean countries that have now been listed as ‘Do Not Travel’ on the department’s list include Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, St Martin, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the US Virgin Islands.
In addition to these, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom have also been listed as ‘Do Not Travel’.
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