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US CDC warns against travel to Philippines, Brazil, Singapore over COVID-19

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David Shepardson, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Travelers make their way through Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., December 24, 2018. Eduardo Munoz, Reuters File Photo" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/reuters/02/01/airport.jpg"/><figcaption>Travelers make their way through Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., December 24, 2018. <em>Eduardo Munoz, Reuters File Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>WASHINGTON - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to a dozen countries because of high rates of coronavirus infection, including Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Ecuador, Kosovo, Philippines and Paraguay.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/31/22/ph-logs-14546-new-covid-cases-284pct-positivity-rate">Philippines posts fewer than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases for 7th straight day</a></li></ul><p>The CDC now lists nearly 130 countries and territories with COVID-19 cases as &quot;Level Four: Very High.&quot; It also added Anguilla, French Guiana, Moldova and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to its highest level on Monday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/04/22/us-sets-global-record-of-over-1m-covid-19-cases-in-a-day">US sets global record of over 1 million COVID-19 cases in a day</a></li></ul><p>The U.S. State Department also raised its travel advisory for Mexico and some of the other nations listed by the CDC to &quot;Level 4: Do Not Travel.&quot;</p><p>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.</p><p>The CDC also raised travel warnings for 11 countries and territories to &quot;Level Three: High&quot; that urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid non-essential travel: Bhutan, Brunei, Comoros, French Polynesia, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Liberia, Nepal and Oman. It now lists about 53 countries and territories at High.&quot;</p><p>The CDC lists 16 countries at &quot;Level 2: Moderate&quot; or &quot;Level 1: Low&quot; and 40 other destinations are listed as unknown.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1908357" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The United States agreed last month to lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that were imposed in November over Omicron, including South Africa. <strong>(Reporting by David Shepardson; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Grant McCool)</strong></p>

The US CDC advised against travel to a dozen countries because of high rates of COVID-19 infection, including Mexico, Brazil, Singapore and the Philippines.

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US CDC warns against travel to Philippines, Brazil, Singapore over COVID-19

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Published Feb 01, 2022 07:58 AM PHT

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Updated Feb 01, 2022 08:04 AM PHT

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