The US State Department warns you not to go here now
The government has just published its highest opinion against this one.
The United States has experienced a significant improvement in the fight against Covid, withNew cases that fall at the levels we have not seen for a year and almost50% of adults are fully vaccinated, according to data from disease control centers and prevention (CDC). Unfortunately, the same progress here against the virus is hardly global and, consequently, the United States Department has now published a new travel advisory review Warning Americans not to go to Japan.
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On May 24, the United States Department published aLevel 4 Traveler Board For the country, the greatest warning that the department can issue. "Do not travel in Japan because of COVID-19," the warning reads, noting "a very high level of Covid-19 in the country".
The CDC, whose data contribute to advising the State Department, issued a Level 4 warning for any country that indicates more than100 new cases Per 100,000 people in the last 28 days. According toJapan Times, the CDCJapanese rate measured According to 120 cases per 100,000 people on May 21st. "Due to the current situation in Japan, even entirely vaccinated, travelers may be at risk of obtaining and disseminating VVID-19 variants and shouldAvoid all trips to Japan, "The CDC warned in a statement published May 24.
Japan does not progress on the vaccination forehead either. According toThe New York Times, less thanFive percent of residents In Japan, received their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine. In fact, the country is at the bottom of the list of major developed countries in terms of vaccination rates.
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The warning of the United States Department arrives for two months before the Olympic Games, which isReady to take place in Tokyo From July 23 after being delayed a year due to the pandemic.
The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) told Reuters that the travel warning will not beAssign American athletes to participate in the games this year, however. "We are convinced that the current mitigation practices in place for athletes and athlete staff and the Tokyo Organizing Committee, associated with trials before travel, upon arrival in Japan and during time games, will allow a Security participation of the United States. The athletes this summer, "the USOPC said in a return after the publication of his warning.
American spectators, on the other hand, have already beenbarred The Olympic Games this year, alongside all foreign fans. Nevertheless, many calls took place in Japan to completely cancel games; aOnline petition to cancel the Olympics received more than 393,000 signatures in three weeks.
"Olympic Gamesshould be stopped, "Akira Takasu, PhD, the head of emergency medicine at Osaka's Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital in Osaka, Japan, told Reuters. "This can be a trigger for another disaster this summer."
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