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State Department, WHO, and CDC Travel Warnings, Public Announcements, Travel Guidance, Etc

February 27, 2004 |Top News

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 following have been issued since BP's most recent update:

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State Department Travel Warnings, Public Announcements, and Consular Information Sheets

Haiti02/21/04
Saudi Arabia02/20/04

Public Announcementson Significant Security Risks are a means to disseminate information about terrorist threats or certain other relatively short-term and/or transnational conditions. The following has been issued since BP's most recent update:

Venezuela02/11/04

Consular Information Sheets are available for every country of the world and include a variety of information. The following have been issued since BP's most recent update:

Bangladesh02/13/04
Burkina Faso02/12/04
Central African Republic02/13/04
Czech Republic02/23/04
Denmark02/13/04
Georgia02/23/04
Germany02/17/04
Hungary02/23/04
Lebanon02/18/04
Malawi02/13/04
Norway02/23/04
Swaziland02/12/04
Tanzania02/17/04
United Kingdom02/23/04

(See ITT's Online Archives or 02/12/04 news, 04021235, for most recent previous BP summary of State Department travel warnings, public announcements, and consular information sheets.)

These and other travel warnings, public announcements, and consular information sheets are available at http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html

WHO and CDC Avian Influenza-Related Guidance

World Health Organization (WHO). The World Health Organization (WHO) has made available the following documents related to avian influenza:

Advice to International Travelers (dated February 11, 2004)

Avian Influenza Frequently Asked Questions (dated January 29, 2004)

Avian Influenza Fact Sheet (dated January 15, 2004)

Avian Influenza A (H5N1) - Situation (human) in Viet Nam (Update 29, dated February 23, 2004)

Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A (H5N1), reflecting cases in Thailand and Viet Nam (dated February 26, 2004)

These and other avian influenza-related documents are available on the WHO's Web site at http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued the following documents related to avian influenza:

Advice for Travelers: Precautions for Travel to Countries Reporting H5N1 (avian influenza A) (released February 6, 2004)

Interim Guidance about Avian Influenza for Americans Living Abroad (released February 18, 2004)

These and other avian influenza-related documents are available on the CDC's Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm.