washington the us has lifted the highest level of its global health travel advisory for americans due to the coronavirus pandemic and restored the previous countryspecific system without changing the status of over 50 countries including that of india and china the us state department had issued the level 4 do not travel advisory on march 19 urging american citizens not to travel overseas due to the pandemicin its latest travel advisory on india issued on thursday the state department said do not travel to india due to covid19 exercise increased caution in india due to crime and terrorism the centre for disease control and prevention has issued a level 3 avoid nonessential travel travel health notice for india it saidtravellers to india may experience border closures airport closures travel prohibitions stay at home orders business closures and other emergency conditions within india it said the cdc has similarly removed its level 3 global covid19 pandemic notice this important change reflects the reality that health and safety conditions are improving in some countries while potentially deteriorating in others said assistant secretary of state for consular affairs carl rischby returning to the countryspecific travel advisory system the us is able to give americans detailed and actionable information to make informed travel decisions said the covid19 pandemic poses significant risks for travellers and our destinationspecific advisories take into account the latest data and public health and safety analysis on covidrelated risks risch said other countries which have been put on the level 4 of travel advisory include afghanistan bangladesh bhutan syria saudi arabia russia mexico egypt and brazil although the guidance from the state department has been lifted american travellers continue to face travel restrictions in countries worldwide due to the rising cases of the deadly disease in the united states according to johns hopkins coronavirus resource center the contagion has infected over 19 million people and killed more than 713000 across the world the us is the worst affected country with over 48 million cases and more than 160000 deaths