U.S. CDC warns against travel to 22 destinations over COVID-19

The CDC recommends that unvaccinated Americans avoid nonessential travel to those destinations.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday advised against travel to 22 nations and territories because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, including for Israel, Australia, Egypt, Albania, Argentina and Uruguay. The CDC elevated its travel recommendation https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Ft.emailupdates.cdc.gov%2Fr%2F%3Fid%3Dh5b666026%2C15b36e81%2C15ba4589%26ACSTrackingID%3DDM73485%26ACSTrackingLabel%3DTravel *20Health*20Notice*20Update*2C*20January*2018*2C*202022__%3BJSUl JSUlJSU!!GFN0sa3rsbfR8OLyAw!Ib2luw987gqqVZ-Uw9fTWhnOBI9oSAcDv3g1 c51KLd7gW8qxe9eWzbnQSSmrwD3LlDCPaCp_ccQ%24&data=04%7C01%7Cmargue rita.choy%40thomsonreuters.com%7C9cbfe090ce874f04af5508d9dac2f6d d%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C63778135317454638 8%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLC JBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=nO8IXKS1VZ7VzCf%2BcGTf czI%2B7EuAX9BL0PI12i3Ei%2Fw%3D&reserved=0 to "Level Four: Very High," telling Americans they should avoid travel to those destinations, which also include Panama, Qatar, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Suriname, Saint Lucia and Bolivia.

In total, the CDC now lists https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/map-and-travel-notices.html just over 100 countries and territories at "Level 4." The CDC also raised another 20 countries to Level 3: High," including Uganda, Kuwait, Jamaica, Costa Rica and Cuba. The CDC recommends that unvaccinated Americans avoid nonessential travel to those destinations.