Four destinations added to COVID travel warning list

The Facilities for Illness Regulate and Prevention (CDC) has added four locations to its record of “high-risk” travel areas regarding COVID-19 statistics.

Guyana, Mongolia, Namibia and St. Kitts and Nevis ended up all considered a Degree 3 journey hazard on Monday, according to the CDC. They have been beforehand classified at Amount 2, or “moderate” hazard.

“Make absolutely sure you are up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines just before touring to these locations. If you are not up to day with your COVID-19 vaccines, prevent journey to these places,” the CDC warned about Stage 3 spots.

To be considered a Level 3 or large-risk spot, international locations need to have much more than 100 new COVID-19 instances for each 100,000 people over the previous 28 days.

Degree 4 is acknowledged as “Special Situations/Do Not Vacation.” No places are at the moment on that list.

In April, the company eliminated all destinations from the Amount 4 chance category, declaring it would reserve “Level 4” warnings “for specific situations, these types of as rapidly escalating situation trajectory or incredibly substantial scenario counts, emergence of a new variant of issue, or healthcare infrastructure collapse.”

“With this new configuration, travelers will have a extra actionable alert for when they need to not travel to a specified vacation spot (Amount 4), irrespective of vaccination standing, right up until we have a clearer being familiar with of the COVID-19 situation at that location,” the assertion additional.

In the U.S., conditions are on a somewhat upward pattern, with a nationwide each day circumstance ordinary of far more than 98,000, the CDC’s information confirmed as of Monday.

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