The US has suggested its residents to keep away from travelling to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and the Maldives due to the sudden surge in COVID-19 circumstances within the area. In a sequence of journey advisories on Thursday, the authorities additionally urged Americans to rethink journey to China and Nepal; train elevated warning whereas travelling to Sri Lanka and train regular journey precaution to Bhutan, which has been given Level 1, the most secure degree for travelling abroad. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives have been put in Level 4, which implies asking Americans not to journey to these international locations.
Do not journey to India due to COVID-19, crime, and terrorism, the State Department mentioned in its newest journey advisory on India, days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the same warning for India. The CDC issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice for India due to COVID-19, indicating a really excessive degree of COVID-19 within the nation. Do not journey to the Maldives due to COVID-19. Exercise elevated warning within the Maldives due to terrorism, the State Department mentioned in its journey advisory for the nation.
Do not journey to Pakistan due to COVID-19. Reconsider journey to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence. Some areas have elevated danger, the State Department mentioned. Terrorist teams proceed plotting assaults in Pakistan, it mentioned.
”An area historical past of terrorism and the continued ideological aspirations of violence by extremist parts have led to indiscriminate assaults on civilians in addition to native navy and police targets, the State Department mentioned. Terrorists could assault with little or no warning, concentrating on transportation hubs, markets, purchasing malls, navy installations, airports, universities, vacationer places, colleges, hospitals, locations of worship, and authorities amenities. Terrorists have focused US diplomats and diplomatic amenities previously, it mentioned.
Terrorist assaults proceed to occur throughout Pakistan, with most occurring in Balochistan and KPK (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), together with the previous FATA (The Federally Administered Tribal Areas). Large-scale terrorist assaults have resulted in quite a few casualties, the State Department mentioned. In its advisory on Afghanistan, the State Department requested its residents not to journey to Afghanistan due to COVID-19, crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed battle. ”Do not journey to Bangladesh due to COVID-19. Exercise elevated warning in Bangladesh due to crime, terrorism, and kidnapping,” it mentioned.
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