The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added three destinations in Europe to its highest-risk category for travel.
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The Level 3 category -- which applies to destinations that have had between 100 and 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days -- saw two additions Tuesday:Argentina, a South American travel favorite that took a very cautious approach about letting in foreign visitors for most of the pandemic, had previously been at Level 2.Level 2, Level 1 and unknowns
Destinations carrying the"Level 2: Covid-19 Moderate" designation have seen 50 to 99 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days. That level saw three additions Tuesday:Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, had been at Level 3. Gabon, on Africa's Atlantic Coast along the equator, and Guatemala, in Central America. had also been at Level 3,
In the category of"Level 1: Covid-19 Low" destinations, fewer than 50 new cases per 100,000 residents have been logged over the past 28 days. It saw just one addition -- the island nation ofFinally, there are destinations, as cited above, for which the CDC has an"unknown" risk because of a lack of information. Usually, these are small, remote places.
"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.
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