State Department, WHO, CDC Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, Etc.
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information:
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State Department
Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. The State Department has issued the following travel warnings since BP's most recent update:
| Mexico | 07/16/10 |
| Pakistan | 07/22/10 |
| Uzbekistan | 07/22/10 |
| Mali | 07/29/10 |
| Mauritania | 08/02/10 |
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 07/20/10 news, 10070210, for BP summary of the July 16, 2010 travel warning for Mexico.)
Travel Alerts are a means to disseminate information about terrorist threats, natural disasters, and other relatively short-term conditions posing significant risks to the security of American travelers. The State Department has issued the following travel alerts since BP's most recent update:
| Uganda | 07/16/10 |
| Kenya | 07/22/10 |
| China | 07/30/10 |
Country Specific Information Sheets are available for every country of the world and include a variety of information. The State Department has issued the following country specific information sheets since BP's most recent update:
| Austria | 07/02/10 |
| Georgia | 07/02/10 |
| Italy, Holy See (Vatican City) and San Marino | 07/06/10 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 07/08/10 |
| Belgium | 07/09/10 |
| Belize | 07/13/10 |
| Maldives | 07/13/10 |
| Pakistan | 07/13/10 |
| Morocco | 07/15/10 |
| Romania | 07/19/10 |
(These and other travel warnings, travel alerts, and country specific information are available at http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html)
World Health Organization
WHO has issued the following disease outbreak-related information since BP's most recent update:
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 111 (07/30/10)
- Avian influenza -- situation in Egypt -- update 35 (07/29/10)
- Polio in Tajikistan - Update (07/23/10)
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 110 (07/23/10)
(Disease outbreak-related updates are available on the WHO's Web site at http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC has not issued any disease outbreak-related information since BP's most recent update.
(Disease outbreak-related updates are available on the CDC's Web site at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx)