The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said unvaccinated individuals should avoid nonessential travel to the Philippines and other areas categorized as Level 3 (COVID-19 High).
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- The Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Easter Island
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- The Gambia
- Guatemala
- Guam
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Norway
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (U.S.)
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and Grenadines
- Senegal
- Sint Maarten
- Slovenia
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- Zambia
The US CDC also advised avoiding travel to areas under Level 4 (COVID-19 Very High).
If travel to these areas is inevitable, the US CDC says “make sure you are fully vaccinated before travel.”
US CDC: Avoid traveling to Philippines if unvaccinated due to ‘high’ COVID-19 risk
Areas under Level 4 are:
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Georgia
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Guadeloupe
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgystan
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Martinique
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- The Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Oman
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Portugal
- Reunion
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Martin
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Suriname
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Zimbabwe
The Philippines was re-placed in the classification as a high-risk area in COVID-19 due to cases kicking off 47% nationwide in just two weeks due to the more contagious Delta variant, according to the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday.
From August 2 to 8, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said an average of 8,829 new cases were recorded each day. Before that, there was an average of 7,029 new cases per day in recent weeks.
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