The US has eased travel advisory for India to its second-lowest level of “exercise increased caution” and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the South Asian nation now has a “moderate level of Covid-19.” “Your risk of contracting COVID-19 and developing severe symptoms may be lower if you are fully vaccinated with an FDA authorised vaccine. Before planning any international travel, please review the CDC’s specific recommendations for vaccinated and unvaccinated travellers,” the state department said on Monday.
Due to terrorism and civil unrest, the US State Department has advised American citizens not to travel to Jammu and Kashmir, with the exception of the eastern Ladakh region and its capital of Leh. They’ve also been told not to travel within 10 kilometres of the India-Pakistan border because of the risk of armed conflict.
In light of Covid-19, US President Joe Biden imposed new travel restrictions on India on April 30, prohibiting most non-US citizens who had visited India within the previous 14 days from entering the US.
The CDC and state department also warned against travel to Turkey because of a rising number of Covid-19 cases. The CDC added Turkey to its “Level 4: Very High” Covid-19 level and the state department also issued a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory.
In addition to India, the United States currently prohibits most non-US citizens from entering the country if they have spent the previous 14 days in the United Kingdom, the 26 Schengen countries in Europe with no internal border controls, or Ireland, China, South Africa, Iran, or Brazil.
More than 70 countries are currently listed on the CDC’s travel advisory list.
On Monday, India’s Covid-19 caseload reached 32,225,513 after 32,937 new infections were reported, bringing the death toll to 431,642 after 417 more people died from the coronavirus disease. The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped to 381,947, the lowest level in 145 days.
