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: Dec 18, 2024
DateTypeTravel Alert DescriptionLevelSource
12/16/2024 Updated Global Dengue 1 CDC
12/16/2024 Updated Global Measles 1 CDC
12/11/2024 New Oropouche in Espírito Santo, Brazil 2 CDC
12/11/2024 Updated Oropouche in the Americas 1 CDC
12/10/2024 New Polio: Advice for travellers 2 PHAC
12/9/2024 New Lunar New Year 2025 1 PHAC
12/9/2024 New Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 1 PHAC
12/3/2024 New Mpox: Advice for travellers 2 PHAC
11/22/2024 New Marburg in Rwanda 2 CDC
11/19/2024 New Zika virus: Advice for travellers 2 PHAC
11/8/2024 New Chikungunya in the state of Telangana, India 2 CDC
11/4/2024 New Oropouche virus disease in the Americas 2 PHAC
10/28/2024 New Dengue: Advice for travellers 1 PHAC
10/10/2024 New Marburg virus disease in Rwanda 2 PHAC
9/23/2024 New Clade I Mpox in Central and Eastern Africa 2 CDC
9/16/2024 New Avian influenza: Advice for travellers 1 PHAC
8/22/2024 New Zika in the state of Maharashtra, India 2 CDC
8/20/2024 New Global Polio 2 CDC
5/30/2024 New Salmonella Newport in Mexico 1 CDC
4/23/2024 New Diphtheria in Guinea 2 CDC
4/8/2024 New Diphtheria: Advice for travellers 1 PHAC
3/28/2024 New Yellow Fever in Nigeria 2 CDC
3/21/2024 New Extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan 1 PHAC
3/13/2024 New Global Measles Notice 1 PHAC
3/13/2024 New COVID-19 and International Travel 1 PHAC
3/12/2024 New Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Mexico 1 CDC
2/25/2024 New Diphtheria in Niger 2 CDC
2/16/2024 New Diphtheria in Nigeria 2 CDC
5/30/2023 New XDR Typhoid Fever in Pakistan 1 CDC