US retains highest advisory on Kenya over ‘steep’ rise in Covid-19 cases

The US government has retained its highest travel advisory on Nairobi initially indicated by the Centres for Disease Control, and which asks Americans not to travel to Kenya due to Covid-19 cases, It issued Level Four advisory, which is to ask national not to travel to a region over insecurity or health…

In its update published on Wednesday, the State Department asked its citizens not to travel to Kenya and “exercise increased caution in Kenya due to crime, terrorism, health issues and kidnapping.”

The alert was, in fact, first raised by the US Centres for Disease Control following a rise in the number of cases. It issued Level Four advisory, which is to ask national not to travel to a region over insecurity or health.

“Travellers should avoid all travel to Kenya,” the CDC had said in March, when the infection rate was high as 20 percent per day, Because of the current situation in Kenya even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading Covid-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Kenya,” the CDC had said.

The US routinely issued travel advisories but based on threat of terrorism. It still advises nationals not to travel to the border areas with Somalia.

Safety of US citizens

On Wednesday, the US Embassy in Nairobi said the advisory will be updated regularly to reflect the Covid-19 situation in the country.

“The Department of State has no higher priority than the safety and security of US citizens abroad. To that end, our travel advice must be fact-based, accurate, and transparent. Our travel advice in no way reflects our relationship with any country,” a spokesperson from the Embassy told