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U.S. will boost 'Do Not Travel' advisories to 80% of world
Reuters ^ | April 20, 2021 | David Shepardson

Posted on 04/20/2021 12:44:10 PM PDT by Jyotishi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it will boost its "Do Not Travel" guidance to about 80% of countries worldwide, citing "unprecedented risk to travelers" from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The State Department already listed 34 out of about 200 countries as "Level 4: Do Not Travel," including places like Chad, Kosovo, Kenya, Brazil, Argentina, Haiti, Mozambique, Russia and Tanzania.

"This update will result in a significant increase in the number of countries at Level 4: Do Not Travel, to approximately 80% of countries worldwide," the department said in a statement.

Getting to 80% would imply adding nearly 130 countries.

The State Department said the move does not imply a reassessment of current health situations in some countries, but rather "reflects an adjustment in the State Department's Travel Advisory system to rely more on (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's) existing epidemiological assessments."

Most Americans were already prevented from traveling to much of Europe because of COVID-19 restrictions. Washington has barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who have recently been in most of Europe, China, Brazil, Iran and South Africa.

The White House has given no timeline for when it might ease those restrictions.

(Excerpt) Read more at aol.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brazil; cdc; china; coronavirus; covid; covid19; europe; haiti; iran; kenya; pandemic; russia; scamdemic; southafrica; state; travel; whitehouse
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1 posted on 04/20/2021 12:44:10 PM PDT by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi

Ok. so where CAN we go?


2 posted on 04/20/2021 12:45:56 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: Jyotishi

This doesn’t bode well. It’s funny they called Trump isolationist.


3 posted on 04/20/2021 12:46:02 PM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Jyotishi

Like other good communist regimes, the issue is not keeping people out of your country, but keeping your citizens from leaving.


4 posted on 04/20/2021 12:50:21 PM PDT by con-surf-ative
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but if we have had the vaccine, why can’t we travel?

I’ve heard some say that this Covid vaccine is analogous to how we get shots for malaria or yellow fever when traveling to some parts of the world.

Ok, then, if that’s the case, and we have received the Covid vaccine, then what’s the problem?


5 posted on 04/20/2021 12:51:59 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

C.O.N.T.R.O.L


6 posted on 04/20/2021 12:53:53 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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“Do Not Travel” including places like Chad, Kosovo, Kenya,
Brazil, Argentina, Haiti, Mozambique, Russia, and Tanzania...
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I had no plans to visit any of those.


7 posted on 04/20/2021 12:56:04 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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U.S. will boost 'Do Not Travel' advisories to 80% of world

Not To Worry, for your convenience (and the Deamericanization of America), the US will bring 'em all here!

8 posted on 04/20/2021 12:57:02 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Yet okay for people from those same countries to come here, even illegally.


9 posted on 04/20/2021 12:58:34 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: Jyotishi

Live in terror. Ask for permission.


10 posted on 04/20/2021 1:05:43 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Jyotishi

Already planning my next trip to Colombia


11 posted on 04/20/2021 1:06:16 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“ but if we have had the vaccine, why can’t we travel?

It is about the coordinated destruction of capitalism, in order to make Marxism more palatable


12 posted on 04/20/2021 1:08:27 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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To: Jyotishi

There used to be a name for this. Let me see if I can recall ... Iron curtain. Did I get that right? It kind of goes alone with the fence around the green zone in Washington, DC.


13 posted on 04/20/2021 1:09:09 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Jyotishi

And yet the Mexican border is open to anyone.


14 posted on 04/20/2021 1:12:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Jyotishi

is this only one way?


15 posted on 04/20/2021 1:13:05 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> ☼ << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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That’s racist!


16 posted on 04/20/2021 1:17:45 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
It is about the coordinated destruction of capitalism

A travel restriction sure isn't going to help the economies of 80% of the world.

17 posted on 04/20/2021 1:20:12 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Jyotishi

Wait until they lock us in our states. They’re already doing this in Canada


18 posted on 04/20/2021 1:26:52 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jyotishi

Are people FROM these places going to be denied entry? Because a year ago Democrats said such a policy would be racist and xenophobic


19 posted on 04/20/2021 1:28:57 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Reno89519

CDC said that it was A-OK for people who actively tested POSITIVE for covid to go vote at the polls on election day.

This has never been about a virus or minimizing transmission.


20 posted on 04/20/2021 1:29:55 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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