{"id":175351,"date":"2022-03-15T06:32:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=175351"},"modified":"2022-03-15T09:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:14:26","slug":"us-travel-advisory-dr-upgraded-to-level-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/03\/15\/us-travel-advisory-dr-upgraded-to-level-3\/","title":{"rendered":"US travel advisory: DR upgraded to Level 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/USA-Embassy-Official-Website.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140714\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The US State Department issued on 14 March 2022 an upgrading of the travel recommendations for the Dominican Republic. The US government removed the DR from Level 4: Do Not Travel (red) to Level 3: Reconsider Travel (orange). The next level is Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. And then Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Embassy announced on 14 March 2022 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for the Dominican Republic, indicating a high level of Covid-19 in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Your risk of contracting Covid-19 and developing severe symptoms may be lower if you are fully vaccinated with an FDA authorized vaccine. Before planning any international travel, please review the CDC&#8217;s specific recommendations for vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers. Visit the Embassy&#8217;s COVID-19 page for more information on Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US is the main source of travel to the Dominican Republic. Travel since September 2021 has been setting new records, with most travelers coming from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The risk of catching Covid-19 is down to the start of the pandemic times in the Dominican Republic. The 13 March epidemiological bulletin indicates there were but 57 cases, and positivity is around 1.58% nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/14\/coronavirus-covid-19-bulletin-725-13-march-2022\/\">DR1 News <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US State Department issued on 14 March 2022 an upgrading of the travel recommendations for the Dominican Republic. The US government removed the DR from Level 4: Do Not Travel (red) to Level 3: Reconsider Travel (orange). The next level is Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. And then Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/03\/15\/us-travel-advisory-dr-upgraded-to-level-3\/\" 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":[294,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175351"}],"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=175351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175412,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175351\/revisions\/175412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}