U.S. to dramatically raise travel alerts for 80% of the world’s countries banned

The U.S. Department of State previewed on the 19th that it will update its global travel alert, with 80% of countries expected to be included in the highest level of the fourth alert: “Do Not Travel” (Do Not Travel).

The State Department said it strongly recommends that U.S. citizens think carefully about all travel plans abroad.

The State Department issued a message saying that the new pneumonia (Chinese communist virus) continues to pose a risk for cross-country travel, and that the U.S. will continue to update travel alerts based on the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notice starting this week, with a significant increase in the number of countries expected to be on the highest level of alert.

However, the State Department has not released a list of countries on travel alert.

The State Department issued a Level 4 Travel Alert for the world on March 19, urging Americans not to travel abroad during the new pneumonia outbreak and to arrange for the immediate return of citizens overseas. The State Department relaxed the global travel alert in August last year, removed mainland China from the fourth level of the alert in September, and is now tightening the travel alert again.

Of the more than 200 countries in the world, the State Department has placed Chad, Kenya, Brazil, Russia and 34 other countries at the highest level, and if it were to increase to 80% in one breath, it would add about 130 more countries.