We are removing the content and data in several COVID-19-related sections from our COVID reporting. The reason for this change is that the information is no longer relevant or not being tracked.
We will implement additional text called an "Overview" to each chapter ID and subcategory of the Country Report API. It is a summary describing the overall situation of a country or territory and it can be used as a preview. The content of the Overview is the same content that can be found in the Summary API.
To keep in line with ISO standards, we will be changing the ISO country code for Kosovo from CS to XK. This change will happen on September 26, 2023.
A Required Documents section has been added to our PTA indicating whether there are any health-related requirements to enter a Destination. It includes the following 2 subsections:
We have added 2 new Destinations to our travel risk intelligence database:
We will be introducing a new 'Kidnap and Ransom' subcategory to the 'Crime' category of our Alerts.
We have added “Visa” as a subcategory under our “Travel Safety and Disruptions” Alerts, to report on visa rule changes.
Riskline since the start of the pandemic has used the John Hopkins Coranavirus Resource Centre as our source for Covid-19 statistics.
However, John Hopkins is discontinuing the resource centre on 10th March.
Because of this, we will be transitioning to the use of WHO Covid-19 data on 8th March
As of February 23rd, we have added 4 new City Reports for Mexico covering the following cities:
The following changes have been made:
