Current Global Travel Health Advisories and Travel Alerts

Travel Health Alert Warning

Travel Warnings for Canadians

The latest Global Health Travel Advisories and Travel Notices are shown below.

Similar to US State Department Travel Warnings and US State Department Travel Advisories, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Agency of Canada publish and maintain public notices of caution to travelers, but from a public health perspective. We have consolidated these public health advisories and travel alerts from these agencies and present them here for your convenience.

This up-to-date listing of the current Medical Travel Health Alerts, Current Global Travel Health Notices, Travel Health Advisories and Travel Warnings allows you to stay informed about current potential travel health problems in your destination, prompting you to take the recommended precautions when planning your trip. Please take a minute to review this list before you reach for your passport to ensure you are adequately prepared for travel to your destination with travel health vaccinations or other travel safety precautions.

Each Travel Advisory is marked by a colour corresponding to a Travel Health Alert Level. Please refer to the Travel Alert Level Key below for more information.

This current list of Medical Travel Health Warnings and Alerts is consolidated with the latest Travel Health information for your convenience from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). If you wish to view more detailed information, clicking on each Travel Alert listed below will open a new window to the issuing site for further details on that Travel Advisory.

This page is updated daily, so check back often to stay abreast of the latest developments in travel health safety related to your travel destination.


Global Travel Health Warning Alert Level Key

Level 1: Watch. Practice Usual Travel Health Precautions. Reports of sporadic cases. Usual or slightly increased risk.
Level 2: Alert. Practice Special or Enhanced Precautions. Limited outbreak or change in existing disease patterns. Increased risk.
Level 3: Avoid all non-essential travel. Large-scale outbreak in a large geographic area. High risk.
Level 4: Avoid all travel to the area. Outbreak expanding; inadequate containment measures. Very high risk.
Alert List last updated: Aug 9, 2020
DateTypeTravel Alert DescriptionLevelSource
8/7/2020 New Ashura in Iraq 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Kiribati 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Cook Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Namibia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Marshall Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Niue 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Nauru 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Micronesia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Mozambique 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Monaco 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Moldova 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Mexico 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Mongolia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Morocco 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Montserrat 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Montenegro 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in North Korea 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Burkina Faso 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Belize 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Bahamas 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Burma (Myanmar) 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saint Lucia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Grenada 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Afghanistan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Solomon Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Samoa 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Palau 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Tonga 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Vanuatu 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Tuvalu 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Turkmenistan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Jordan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Jamaica 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Côte d'Ivoire 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Kazakhstan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Kuwait 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Kosovo 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Iceland 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Guinea-Bissau 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Guinea 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the United Kingdom 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Guyana 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Hungary 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Honduras 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Haiti 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Mali 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Malawi 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Maderia Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Malta 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Mayotte 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Mauritania 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Martinique 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Madagascar 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Liberia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Lesotho 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Latvia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Libya 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Luxembourg 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Lithuania 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Liechtenstein 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Ireland 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Iraq 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Iran 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Israel 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Lebanon 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Japan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Italy 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Indonesia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in India 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Hong Kong 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Malaysia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Singapore 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in South Africa 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Turkey 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in South Korea 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Russia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Panama 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Pakistan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Maldives 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Peru 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Romania 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Qatar 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Philippines 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Argentina 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Algeria 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Barbados 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Australia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Belarus 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bangladesh 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bahrain 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Northern Mariana Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Gambia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Syria 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Sint Maarten 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Aruba 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Tunisia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Trinidad and Tobago 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Ecuador 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Croatia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Vietnam 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Costa Rica 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Cambodia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bulgaria 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Brazil 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Cameroon 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in China 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Chile 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Canada 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Sri Lanka 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Sweden 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Sudan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in South Sudan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Slovakia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Sierra Leone 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Seychelles 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Somalia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Slovenia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the U.S. Virgin Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Uruguay 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Ukraine 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Wake Island 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Venezuela 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Uzbekistan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Uganda 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Tanzania 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Tajikistan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Switzerland 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Turks and Caicos Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Tokelau 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Togo 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Serbia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Nigeria 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Nicaragua 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Norway 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in North Macedonia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Norfolk Island 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Netherlands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in American Samoa 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Albania 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Guatemala 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Nepal 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Angola 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Andorra 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saint Martin 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saint Helena 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Rwanda 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Senegal 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in São Tomé and Príncipe 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in San Marino 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Réunion 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Pitcairn Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Paraguay 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Oman 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Puerto Rico 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Portugal 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Poland 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in El Salvador 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Easter Island 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Estonia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Eritrea 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Equatorial Guinea 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Djibouti 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Cyprus 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Curaçao 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Cuba 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Denmark 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Czech Republic 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Gibraltar 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Ghana 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Germany 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Guam 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Guadeloupe 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Greece 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Georgia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Finland 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Ethiopia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Eswatini 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Gabon 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in French Guiana 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in France 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Republic of the Congo 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Azores 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Azerbaijan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Austria 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bermuda 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Benin 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Belgium 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Armenia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Zambia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Yemen 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Western Sahara 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Antigua and Barbuda 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Anguilla 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Zimbabwe 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Christmas Island 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Chad 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Central African Republic 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Comoros 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Colombia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Cocos (Keeling) Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Cape Verde 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Botswana 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bolivia 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bhutan 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the Canary Islands 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Burundi 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in the British Indian Ocean Territory 3 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in New Zealand 1 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Fiji 1 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Bonaire 1 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Sint Eustatius 1 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Thailand 1 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saba 1 CDC
8/6/2020 New COVID-19 in Saint Barthelemy 1 CDC
8/4/2020 Updated Polio in Africa 2 CDC
7/29/2020 Updated Dengue in the Americas 1 CDC
7/7/2020 New Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 CDC
6/29/2020 New Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia 3 CDC
4/20/2020 New Health Infrastructure Breakdown in Venezuela 3 CDC
4/20/2020 New COVID-19 and Cruise Ship Travel 3 CDC
4/20/2020 New Rubella in Japan 2 CDC
4/20/2020 New Dengue in Africa and the Middle East 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New Malaria in Burundi 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New Lassa Fever in Nigeria 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New Dengue in Asia and the Pacific Islands 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New XDR Typhoid Fever in Pakistan 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New Chikungunya in Ethiopia 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New Monkeypox in Nigeria 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New Monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 CDC
4/20/2020 New Meningococcal Disease in Benin 1 CDC
4/19/2020 New Pandemic COVID-19 all countries: avoid non-essential travel outside Canada 3 PHAC
2/4/2020 New Polio: Advice for travellers 2 PHAC
1/3/2020 New Polio in Asia 2 CDC
12/24/2019 New Zika virus: Advice for travellers 2 PHAC
10/18/2019 New Lassa fever in Nigeria 1 PHAC
10/10/2019 New Extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan 1 PHAC
10/2/2019 New Yellow fever in Nigeria 1 PHAC
9/3/2019 New Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia 1 PHAC
7/23/2019 New Cholera in Yemen 1 PHAC
7/23/2019 New Global Measles Notice 1 PHAC
5/10/2019 New Rubella in Japan 2 PHAC
1/28/2019 New Avian influenza 1 PHAC
1/22/2019 New Diphtheria: Global update 1 PHAC