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Tourism Minister Charles Fernandez says robust COVID-19 protocols have caused the USA\u2019s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its level ratings for Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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The USA\u2019s Centers for Disease Control is no longer advising its citizens against travelling to the twin island state and tourism officials are ecstatic about it.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, the CDC advised against all travel to Antigua and Barbuda along with several other destinations, with its highest level 4 travel advisory.<\/p>

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The move was deemed a blow to tourism as the US makes up the bulk of visitors to the country.<\/p>

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But in its latest advisory released this week, the CDC downgraded those warnings.<\/p>\n

Antigua and Barbuda is now cited as a level 3 destination which recommends travellers reconsider coming here.<\/p>

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According to the agency, the classification is for destinations with between 100 and 500 cases reported per 100,000 people over a 28-day period.<\/p>\n

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