United States Issues Level 3 Travel Advisory For Kenya

Once again, the United States of America, through its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a level 3 travel health notice for Kenya due to COVID-19. This means American citizens are advised to reconsider their trips to places with high COVID-19 infections.

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level three Travel Health Notice for Kenya due to COVID-19, indicating a high level of COVID-19 in the country,” the advisory from the US embassy in Nairobi read in part dated January 4, 2022.

June 2021, the CDC issued an Incidence 2 Travel Health Notice for Kenya due to COVID-19, suggesting a moderate level of infections in the country.  The Notice was, however, downgraded to level three in August after a surge in cases.

A Level Three advisory notice refers to countries where there have been between 100 and 500 cases recorded per 100,000 people in the last 28 days.

Level One requires travelers to observe standard protocols such as wearing masks, as infections are not high. Wednesday, Kenya recorded 813 additional Covid-19 positive cases with a positivity rate of 13.5 percent from a sample size of 6,005 tested within the last 24 hours.

This brought the total confirmed cases to 314,490 and cumulative tests are done to 3,117,407.

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