By David Sheparson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it had canceled its COVID-19 fitness advisories because fewer countries reported enough knowledge to make accurate assessments.
In April, the CDC withdrew its COVID-19 “do not travel” recommendations for about 90 foreign destinations and said it would reserve its fitness advisories for level four travelers “in special circumstances. “Level four calls on all Americans to travel because of COVID-19, even those who are fully vaccinated.
The CDC said Monday that “fewer countries are testing or reporting COVID-19 cases, CDC’s ability to assess COVID-19 (travel fitness advisory) grades for peak destinations where U. S. travelers make a stopover is limited. “
Since April, the reviews have attracted little attention as the CDC failed to take into account general recommendations rather than express countries.
As recently as March, the CDC advised against some 120 countries and territories around the world, more than a portion of all destinations.
The advisories deterred some Americans from traveling and caused consternation in some countries. A tip not to travel to Japan in May 2021, months before the Olympics, caught the eye.
The CDC said Monday that it will only consider a fitness advisory “for a country if a situation is known, such as a variant of COVID-19 fear, and adjusts cdc recommendations for that country. “
(Reporting through David Shepardson, editing through Franklin Paul and Marguerita Choy)
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