NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – The US State Department has issued a travel alert for Kenya over the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
In a statement this week, US raised the levels of its advisories on travel to Kenya and other East African countries partly due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
The new alerts urge prospective visitors to the region to “reconsider travel” to Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.
That is the third-highest of four levels of travel advisories by the State Department. Level 4 “Do Not Travel” alerts are issued for Somalia and South Sudan.
“Reconsider travel to Kenya due to COVID-19……The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for Kenya due to COVID-19,” it reads in part.
According to the CDC, a Level 3 Travel Health Notice is the highest risk level and means avoid all non essential travel.
This notice informs travelers that an outbreak (or in this case the coronavirus pandemic) is of high risk to travelers and no precautions are available to protect against the identified increased risk.
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