The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has driven new daily cases in the United States to over a million. There are over 150,000 people in the hospital because of the virus. Coronavirus deaths have risen to nearly 2,000 a day. Globally, the situation is nearly as bad. New cases per day have reached 2 million.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just added 22 countries to its Level 4 travel list. Level 4 is designated as “very high risk” for visitors. These are countries where the spread of COVID-19 is aggressive enough that people should avoid going to them, regardless of vaccination status. The CDC website says, “If you must travel to these destinations, make sure you are fully vaccinated before travel.”
International travel, which had begun to increase last summer, has nearly shut down again. The air travel industry barely survived deep financial wounds that required government funds to tide them over in some cases. The cruise ship industry was nearly obliterated.
These are the CDC’s current Level 4 countries:
Albania                 Eswatini              Netherlands, The
Andorra                               Faroe Islands                   North Macedonia
Antigua and Barbuda        Finland                              Norway
Argentina                             France                               Panama
Aruba                                   Georgia                             Papua New Guinea
Australia                              Germany                          Poland
Austria                                 Gibraltar                           Portugal
Bahamas, The                     Greece                              Qatar
Bahrain                                Greenland                        Réunion
Barbados                             Grenada                           Russia
Belgium                                Guernsey                          Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belize                                    Guyana                             Saint Lucia
Bermuda                              Haiti                                   San Marino
Bolivia                                  Hungary                            SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
Bonaire                                Iceland                              Saudi Arabia
Bosnia and Herzegovina   Iraq                                    Serbia
Botswana                            Ireland                Seychelles
British Virgin Islands          Isle of Man                       Sint Maarten
Bulgaria                                Israel                                 Slovakia
Burkina Faso                       Italy                                   Slovenia
Burma (Myanmar)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jersey (part of the UK)Â Â Â Somalia
Canada                 Jordan                South Africa
Cape Verde                         Latvia                                 South Sudan
Cayman Islands                  Lebanon                           Spain
Central African Republic   Liechtenstein                   Suriname
Chad                                     Lithuania                          Sweden
Croatia                                 Luxembourg                    Switzerland
Curaçao                               Maldives                           Trinidad and Tobago
Cyprus                                  Malta                                 Turkey
Czech Republic                   Martinique                       Turks and Caicos (U.K.)
Denmark                              Mauritius                          Ukraine
Dominica                             Monaco                            United Kingdom
Egypt                                    Montenegro           Uruguay
Estonia                                 Namibia
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