CDC Updates Travel Advisories for Over 40 Worldwide Destinations

The US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) introduced it had added 22 international locations and territories to its journey advisory lists resulting from a rising variety of COVID-19 instances world wide.

In accordance with Reuters.com, the CDC revealed that it had lowered its journey suggestions to “Degree 4: Very Excessive” and advised People to keep away from journey to a number of common locations impacted by the Omicron surge.

The international locations and territories the CDC added to the Degree 4 checklist embrace Albania, Argentina, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Bolivia, Egypt, Israel, Panama, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay and extra.

In whole, the CDC now lists simply over 100 international locations and territories at “Degree 4,” the company’s highest warning degree.

The CDC additionally revealed on Tuesday it had added one other 20 international locations to the “Degree 3: Excessive” warning degree, together with Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Kuwait and Uganda. The federal government company recommends that unvaccinated People keep away from nonessential journey to these locations.

Final month, the CDC up to date Jamaica from a Degree 3 designation to a Degree 2 designation, however the company raised the extent once more this week. In the identical report, the CDC warned People that journey to Malta, Moldova and Sweden now carries a ‘Degree 4: Very Excessive’ danger designation.

On the finish of December, the CDC additionally elevated its journey warning for cruise ships from Degree 3 to Degree 4. The warning advises individuals to keep away from touring by cruise ship no matter their COVID-19 vaccination standing and comes on the heels of a latest uptick in coronavirus instances.