International travel: USA adds more restrictions for foreign visitors

The country in the world with the highest number of COVID-19 infections is the USA. There are almost eight million infected persons in the United States according to worldometers.info, which records the infection rates in countries across the world. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued additional restrictions for visitors to the United States of America.

These restrictions may affect foreigners who have been in certain other countries before arriving in the United States.

Travellers who have been in any one of 34 listed countries during the previous 14 days of entering the USA will not be permitted to enter the United States.

THE LIST OF RESTRICTED COUNTRIES

• Brazil
• China
• Iran
• The European Schengen area (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City)
• Republic of Ireland
• United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

EXCEPTIONS TO THE RESTRICTIONS  

United States citizens and legalised permanent residents, certain family members and other individuals who meet the specified exceptions who have been in any of the countries listed above in the past 14 days will be permitted to enter the United States of America.

More information is available at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.html