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U.S. returns to country-specific travel advice; S. Korea classed as 'Level 3 - reconsider travel'

2020-08-07 6 Dailymotion

美, 전세계 여행금지 경보 해제…한국 전역은 여행재고로 내려<br /><br />The U.S. State Department has lifted its blanket advice to avoid all international travel, and instead returns to country-specific advice.<br />South Korea was put on Level 3,... meaning "Reconsider Travel",... while a number of countries still remain on the highest Level 4 advisories.<br />Yoon Jung-min tells us more.<br />The U.S. State Department has lifted its global advisories that recommended U.S. citizens avoid all international travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />The department said in its statement on Thursday that it is returning to its previous system of country-specific levels of travel advice.<br />It says the health and safety conditions are showing improvement in some countries and potentially deteriorating in others.<br />The general "do not travel" advice had been in place since March.<br />The department said it still recommends Americans exercise caution when traveling abroad.<br />Dozens of countries including India, China and Russia are still classed as Level 4 which means "Do Not Travel".<br />The U.S. State Department also put North Korea on the Level 4 list, citing COVID-19 and other concerns.<br />South Korea and members of the European Union are classed as Level 3 which asks people to "Reconsider Travel".<br />The whole of South Korea is at Level 3, including Daegu, which had previously been at Level 4 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 there in February.<br />Only a few countries were put on a lower risk advisories,... including Thailand and New Zealand.<br />Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.<br />

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