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: Sep 20, 2017
DateTypeTravel Alert DescriptionLevelSource
9/15/2017 New Flooding in South Asia 2 CDC
9/13/2017 New Earthquake and Hurricane in Mexico 2 CDC
9/13/2017 Updated Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean 2 CDC
9/13/2017 New Zika virus: Advice for travellers 2 PHAC
9/7/2017 New Chikungunya: advice for travellers 1 PHAC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Peru 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in the Solomon Islands 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Guinea-Bissau 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Mexico 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Cape Verde 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Aruba 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Barbados 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Bonaire 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Curaçao 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in French Guiana 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Marshall Islands 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Paraguay 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Puerto Rico 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Saint Martin 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Samoa 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Sint Maarten 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Tonga 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Trinidad and Tobago 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in US Virgin Islands 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Suriname 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Bolivia 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Costa Rica 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in the Dominican Republic 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Ecuador 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in El Salvador 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Guatemala 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Guyana 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Honduras 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Jamaica 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Nicaragua 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Panama 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Venezuela 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Cuba 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Dominica 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Federated States of Micronesia 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Belize 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Saint Lucia 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Grenada 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Argentina 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Anguilla 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Sint Eustatius 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Saba 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Antigua and Barbuda 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Turks and Caicos Islands 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in The Bahamas 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in the British Virgin Islands 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Singapore 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Angola 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Palau 2 CDC
8/29/2017 Updated Zika Virus in Montserrat 2 CDC
8/24/2017 New Dengue in Vietnam 1 CDC
8/24/2017 New Polio : vaccine advice 2 PHAC
8/22/2017 New Chikungunya in Brazil 1 CDC
8/21/2017 New Lassa fever in West Africa 1 PHAC
8/16/2017 New Measles in Europe 1 PHAC
8/14/2017 New Malaria in Cape Verde 2 CDC
8/14/2017 New Cholera in Yemen 1 CDC
8/9/2017 New Rabies in Malaysia 2 CDC
8/9/2017 Updated Dengue in Sri Lanka 1 CDC
8/4/2017 New Hajj and Umrah in 2017 1 PHAC
8/1/2017 New Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Middle East 1 PHAC
7/31/2017 New Cholera in Africa and Western Asia (Yemen) 1 PHAC
7/24/2017 New Yellow Fever in Brazil 2 CDC
7/21/2017 New Polio in Nigeria 2 CDC
7/19/2017 New Polio in Syria 2 CDC
7/19/2017 New Polio in Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 CDC
7/18/2017 New Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Medical Tourists to the Dominican Republic 2 CDC
7/17/2017 New Cholera in Dominican Republic and Haiti 1 PHAC
7/7/2017 New Measles in France 1 CDC
7/7/2017 New Measles in Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 CDC
6/28/2017 New MERS in the Arabian Peninsula 2 CDC
6/28/2017 New Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia 2 CDC
6/2/2017 New Chickenpox (varicella) in Pakistan 1 CDC
5/12/2017 New Dengue in Fiji 1 CDC
5/10/2017 New Yellow fever in Brazil 2 PHAC
4/24/2017 New Malaria in Burundi 1 CDC
4/17/2017 New Measles in Belgium 1 CDC
4/17/2017 New Measles in Italy 1 CDC
4/17/2017 New Measles in Germany 1 CDC
4/7/2017 New Measles in Indonesia 1 CDC
3/10/2017 New Measles in Guinea 1 CDC
3/7/2017 New Avian Flu (H7N9) in China 1 CDC
2/16/2017 New Avian influenza H7N9 in China 1 PHAC
11/10/2016 New Measles in Romania 1 CDC
11/7/2016 New Chikungunya in Mexico 1 CDC
10/18/2016 New Rift Valley Fever in Niger 1 PHAC
6/16/2016 New Dengue in the Americas 1 PHAC
4/21/2015 New Avian Influenza (H5N1): Global Update 1 PHAC