COVID-19 Travel Resources

College Policies | COVID-19 Travel Advisories | External Travel Resources | Planning International Travel | Additional Travel Resources

College Policies

Read about the College’s response to COVID-19 on the COVID-19 Information page. If you have any questions regarding COVID-19 as it relates to the College, please email them to COVID19@swarthmore.edu. 

COVID-19 Travel Advisories

Swarthmore College continues to follow the guidance of the U.S. government on issues related to travel. The following CDC COVID-19 travel health notices (by country) and DOS global health advisory are currently in effect:

• Centers for Disease Control - see COVID-19 Travel Recommendations by Country 
  (Visit this page to learn about how the CDC determines a country’s COVID-19 travel health notice level.)
• Department of State - see Travel Advisories by Country
  Visit U.S. Embassy COVID pages for updates on the impact of COVID-19 worldwide.

Visit the websites of the Centers for Disease Control  and the Department of State for more information on COVID-19.

Planning Travel to the United States

• NAFSA – COVID-19 Restrictions on U.S. Visas and Entry
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – Travelers Prohibited from Entry to the United States
• Department of Homeland Security – SEVIS - Travel Re-Entry Guidelines for F and M Visa Holders

External Travel Resources

Planning Domestic Travel

• U.S. State/Territorial Actions Taken to Address COVID-19
• COVID-19 Information for Travelers

Planning International Travel

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• COVID-19 General Information Page
• Travel Health Notices
• Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Advice and Resources for Travelers - Before, During and After Travel

U.S. Department of State:

• COVID-19 Country Specific Information

Global Immigration and Mobility

• Fragomen – Coronavirus Immigration Updates
• International Air Transport Association (IATA), Interactive COVID-19 Travel Regulations Map (entry/transit regulations, health entry requirements, airports closed/open, borders closed/open and flight suspensions)

Additional Travel Resources

COVID-19 Interactive Maps

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – COVID Data Tracker (cases and deaths by state/territory)
• Channel News Asia – World Map by Cases, Deaths and Recovered Patients
• CSSE (Johns Hopkins University) – COVID-19 Dashboard (world map, U.S. map and critical trends)

COVID-19 Data Visualizations

• IHME (University of Washington) – COVID-19 Projections for the United States
• Our World in Data (University of Oxford) – COVID-19 Statistics and Research
• World Health Organization – COVID-19 Dashboard
• Worldometer – Coronavirus Live Updates by Country/U.S. State

U.s. government on covid-related topics

• Department of Labor OSHA – Safety and Health Topics
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) – COVID-19 Resources Page

Non-Governmental Risk Indices and Alerts

• GHS Index – 2019 Global Health Security Index
• Harvard Global Support Services – Travel Risk Ratings
• WorldAware – COVID-19 Risk Intelligence Alerts (notifications of any significant travel, safety and/or security-related incidents)

health/medical research on covid-19

• The Lancet – COVID-19 Resource Center (geared towards health workers and researchers)
• Nature – Coronavirus Research Updates (summaries of key papers)

Other Country Travel Resources

• Australia – Smartraveller
• Canada – Travel and tourism
• New Zealand – SafeTravel
• United Kingdom – Foreign travel advice

Last updated on May 17, 2022