CDC shakes up Covid travel advisory system
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has drastically changed its international Covid-19 travel advisory system.
It sees the removal of 89 countries off the, Level 4 highest-risk category which advises [Do Not Travel.’
Countries in that tier included Australia, Italy and the UK.
“To help the public understand when the highest level of concern is most urgent, this new system will reserve Level 4 travel health notices for special circumstances, such as rapidly escalating case trajectory or extremely high case counts” the agency said.
It will also be for a new variant of concern, or ‘healthcare infrastructure collapse.’
The three lower-level tiers will continue to be based on the 28-day incidence rate or case counts.
“With this new configuration, travelers will have a more actionable alert for when they should not travel to a certain destination regardless of vaccination status.”
The CDC had updated its list of countries travelers should avoid each week.
At one point there were over 100 Level 4 countries.
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