Transportation security agents help travelers place their bags via the 3-D scanner at Miami International Airport on May 21, 2019 in Miami, Florida.
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The State Department withdrew its recommendation against international travel for U.S. citizens after nearly five months, saying it would evaluate each country instead.
“With health and safety conditions improving in some countries and potentially less in others, the Department is returning to our previous system of country-specific levels of travel advice,” the state department said in a statement late Thursday. “We continue to urge American citizens to exercise caution when traveling abroad due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.”
While the State Department lifts the blanket recommendation against traveling abroad, U.S. citizens still face a number of travel restrictions as other countries try to stop the spread of Covid-19.
For example, Canada has restricted most non-essential travel by non-citizens, and U.S. citizens are still not allowed in the European Union. The US does not allow foreign nationals to enter the country if they have been in the European Union, China or Brazil for the past 14 days.
The State Department still has the highest level of advice against travel for U.S. citizens to more than 30 countries due to the coronavirus.
In addition to international restrictions, states like New York have ordered travelers from certain states on arrival in quarantine, new rules that airline operators have said have polluted demand.
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