COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Wednesday refuted misgivings caused by an alleged evaluation from the US embassy due to this danger of terrorism from the nation after it upgraded its travel advisory, warning Americans against travelling to this island country.
Even the Sri Lankan ministry of defence stated that based on its assessment, there’s not been any data on any danger of terrorism or associated actions in the nation.

The US embassy’s travel , according to a grade 4 categorisation of the amount of safety from Sri Lanka, had warned its citizens from traveling to Sri Lanka.

The US embassy at a tweet on Tuesday reported that the State Department had upgraded the traveling for Sri Lanka in Level 3 (reconsider travel) to Level 4 (don’t traveling ) solely because of prevailing COVID-19 scenario in the nation.

“There is not any change to this terrorist threat level,” it stated.

The US contains four degrees of travel advisories.
Level 1 way to exercise ordinary precaution, Measure 2 would be to exercise greater care, Level 3 would be to reconsider journey and Measure 4 counsels Americans to not travel whatsoever.

The US sources said that the travel clerk on Sri Lanka stays same as April 2019 at the wake of this Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks that murdered over 270 individuals.

Following the strikes, the US State Department increased the traveling threat to Sri Lanka into Level 3 at a traveling nurse.

“Terrorist groups remain plotting potential strikes in Sri Lanka.
Terrorists may strike with minimal if any warning, targeting tourist places, transport hubs, markets, shopping malls, government centers, resorts, nightclubs and restaurants, places of worship, parks, important athletic and cultural events, educational institutions, airportsand hospitals, and other public places,” the State Department had stated.

The US government has restricted capacity to offer emergency services to US citizens in Sri Lanka as a result of security environment, it’d stated.

As stated by the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker, Sri Lanka has reported 169,900 COVID-19 instances and 1,269 deaths.