The United States is warning its citizens against traveling to Brazil.
The reason is the high transmission rate of COVID-19, and the warning was issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to a dozen countries due to high coronavirus infection rates, including Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Ecuador, Kosovo, the Philippines, and Paraguay.
The CDC now lists nearly 130 countries and territories with COVID-19 cases as “Level four: very high.” It also added French Guiana, Moldova, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to its highest level on Monday.
The U.S. 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 U.S. 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 advisories for 11 countries and territories to "Level Three: High," urging unvaccinated Americans to avoid non-essential travel: Bhutan, Brunei, Comoros, French Polynesia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Liberia, Nepal, and Oman. It now lists approximately 53 countries and territories at High.
The CDC lists 16 countries in "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 on the Omicron region, including South Africa.
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