Current warnings for October 2010

This item appears on page 72 of the October 2010 issue.

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 31 destinations: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mexico, Afghanistan, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Mali, Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Chad, Haiti, Guinea, Nepal, Nigeria, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Georgia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, Algeria, Lebanon, Iran, Kenya, Colombia, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Yemen, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Somalia. 

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 800/232-4636 or visit www.cdc.gov… or visit the World Health Organization website at www.who.int.