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CDC moves an African nation and a central European country into its 'very high' risk travel category
Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN • Published 30th November 2021
(CNN) — The central European country of Poland and the central African nation of Niger were among four new additions to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "very high" risk travel category on Tuesday.
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The island nations of Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific and Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean were also added to Level 4.
Niger moved from low-risk Level 1 to Level 4 on Tuesday, a move the CDC said was because of case counts and not the Omicron variant detected in southern Africa. The other three countries moved up from Level 3, "high" risk.
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Typically, the CDC places a destination at Level 4 when more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents are registered in the past 28 days, but the addition of seven southern African nations late last week to the Level 4 category was because of Omicron, not their case numbers. The eighth nation affected by Omicron and the travel ban, Botswana, was already in the Level 4 category.
"The travel restrictions were implemented due to concerns about the Omicron variant, and unknowns surrounding the variant," the CDC said in an email to CNN Travel on Monday afternoon. "There is enough evidence to act to restrict travel and slow the spread of the variant, while still learning more about the degree of threat posed by this variant."
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https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cdc-very-high-risk-destinations-november-30/index.html
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COVID-19 Travel Recommendations by Destination
Updated Nov. 30, 2021, 12:00 AM
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/map-and-travel-notices.html
Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN • Published 30th November 2021
(CNN) — The central European country of Poland and the central African nation of Niger were among four new additions to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "very high" risk travel category on Tuesday.
...
The island nations of Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific and Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean were also added to Level 4.
Niger moved from low-risk Level 1 to Level 4 on Tuesday, a move the CDC said was because of case counts and not the Omicron variant detected in southern Africa. The other three countries moved up from Level 3, "high" risk.
...
Typically, the CDC places a destination at Level 4 when more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents are registered in the past 28 days, but the addition of seven southern African nations late last week to the Level 4 category was because of Omicron, not their case numbers. The eighth nation affected by Omicron and the travel ban, Botswana, was already in the Level 4 category.
"The travel restrictions were implemented due to concerns about the Omicron variant, and unknowns surrounding the variant," the CDC said in an email to CNN Travel on Monday afternoon. "There is enough evidence to act to restrict travel and slow the spread of the variant, while still learning more about the degree of threat posed by this variant."
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https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cdc-very-high-risk-destinations-november-30/index.html
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COVID-19 Travel Recommendations by Destination
Updated Nov. 30, 2021, 12:00 AM
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/map-and-travel-notices.html
