Current warnings for January 2009

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 27 destinations: Nepal, Pakistan, Eritrea, Somalia, Chad, Kenya, Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Iran, Georgia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Algeria, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Cote d’Ivoire, Haiti, Burundi, Syria, Central African Republic, Philippines and Nigeria.  

For details, call the State Department at 202/647-5225 or visit http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html.

For health news, call the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention at 888/246-2675 or visit www.cdc.gov… or visit the World Health Organization website at www.who.int.