The US State Department said on Monday it will boost its "Do Not Travel" guidance to about 80 percent of countries worldwide, citing "unprecedented risk to travelers" from the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting to 80 percent would imply adding nearly 130 countries.
美國國務院4月19日表示,由于新冠疫情給旅行者帶來了"前所未有的風險",美國將把全球范圍內(nèi)約80%的國家列入"禁止旅行"級別。這也意味著全球將有近130個國家被列入該名單。
The State Department already listed 34 out of about 200 countries as "Level 4: Do Not Travel".
此前全球200多個國家中已有34個國家被美國列入第四級別"禁止旅行"名單。
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The State Department said the move does not imply a reassessment of current health situations in some countries, but rather "reflects an adjustment in the State Department's Travel Advisory system to rely more on (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's) existing epidemiological assessments."
美國國務院表示,此舉并不意味著對一些國家目前的健康狀況進行重新評估,而是"反映了國務院旅行咨詢系統(tǒng)的調整,將更依賴(疾病控制和預防中心)現(xiàn)有的流行病學評估。"
The White House has given no timeline for when it might ease those restrictions.
白宮沒有給出放松旅行限制的時間表。