The Tribune

THE United States Embassy in Nassau has issued a statement refuting social media reports of a new travel warning for the Bahamas, stressing there has been no change since previous advisories.

“The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a global measles outbreak notice on January 3, which triggered an automatic update to the CDC’s travel warning for the Bahamas and other countries,” a US Embassy spokesman said.

“We are aware of messages circulating on social media and WhatsApp characterising this notice as a new travel warning. These messages are misleading. Actually there is no change to the CDC’s September travel warning for the Bahamas.”

The January 3 notice from the CDC warned travellers that parts of the Bahamas, including the Abacos and Grand Bahama, “have been severely affected by Hurricane Dorian” noting “US residents should avoid nonessential travel to affected parts of the Bahamas.”