The CDC has put seven places — including France and Portugal — on its list of destinations with 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk.
Customers have health passes checked before entering the traditional Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, on December 4, 2021.Destinations that fall into the CDC's"Covid-19 Very High" Level 4 category have had more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days.
People should avoid traveling to locations designated with a"Level 4" notice, the CDC recommends. Anyone who must travel should be fully vaccinated first, the agency advises., the CDC has recommended avoiding all international travel until you are fully vaccinated. "Fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get and spread Covid-19. However, international travel poses additional risks, and even fully vaccinated travelers might be at increased risk for getting and possibly spreading some Covid-19 variants," the agency said.
All of these European destinations, plus Jordan in the Middle East, had previously been considered"high" risk at Level 3. Previously, safari favorite Tanzania had been rated"unknown" for lack of reliable information.The Level 4 announcement comes as two troubling fronts continue to develop in the pandemic.
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