WASHINGTON - The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to a dozen countries because of high rates of coronavirus infection, including Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Ecuador, Kosovo, Philippines and Paraguay.
The CDC now lists nearly 130 countries and territories with Covid-19 cases as Level 4: Very High. It also added Anguilla, French Guiana, Moldova and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to its highest level on Monday.
The US State Department also raised its travel advisory for Mexico and some of the other nations listed by the CDC to Level 4: Do Not Travel.
Since mid-December, the US government has added more than 60 countries and territories to its list of places to avoid, citing the Omicron coronavirus variant.
The CDC also raised travel warnings for 11 countries and territories to Level 3: High that urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid non-essential travel: Bhutan, Brunei, Comoros, French Polynesia, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Liberia, Nepal and Oman. It now lists about 53 countries and territories at High.
The CDC lists 16 countries at Level 2: Moderate or Level 1: Low and 40 other destinations are listed as unknown.
The United States agreed last month to lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that were imposed in November over Omicron, including South Africa.
