{"id":167222,"date":"2021-10-28T07:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T11:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=167222"},"modified":"2021-10-28T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:59:10","slug":"us-downgrades-the-dr-to-reconsider-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/10\/28\/us-downgrades-the-dr-to-reconsider-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"US downgrades the DR to \u201creconsider travel\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mapa-Republica-Dominicana-Wikipedia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167263\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mapa-Republica-Dominicana-Wikipedia.png 250w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mapa-Republica-Dominicana-Wikipedia-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States government has amended the travel advisory on the Dominican Republic, downgrading the country due to Covid-19 to Level 3 \u2013 Reconsider Travel. The announcement coincides with a new wave of cases affecting most of the country. Most businesses in the Dominican Republic are open, and tourism is enjoying a boom in arrivals and bookings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US State Department travel advisory change was issued on 25 October 2021. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has four levels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Exercise normal precaution<\/li><li>Exercise increased caution;<\/li><li>Reconsider travel;<\/li><li>Do not travel.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that it has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice Level due to Covid-19, indicating a high level of COVID-19 in the country. It advises travelers that the risk of contracting Covid-19 and developing severe symptoms may be lower &#8220;if you are fully vaccinated with an FDA authorized vaccine&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages\/DominicanRepublic.html\">US State Department travel advisories<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/28\/coronavirus-covid-19-bulletin-587-26-october-2021\/\">DR1 News &#8211; Covid #587 bulletin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages\/DominicanRepublic.html\"><br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28 October 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States government has amended the travel advisory on the Dominican Republic, downgrading the country due to Covid-19 to Level 3 \u2013 Reconsider Travel. The announcement coincides with a new wave of cases affecting most of the country. Most businesses in the Dominican Republic are open, and tourism is enjoying a boom in arrivals &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/10\/28\/us-downgrades-the-dr-to-reconsider-travel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167264,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167222\/revisions\/167264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}