Countries Americans Shouldn’t Visit Because of COVID-19

• CDC and State Department have issued a new level 4 warning: Do not travel.
• The agencies are urging Americans not to travel to Lebanon, Jamaica and Sri Lanka because of COVID-19.
• Also added Nicaragua and Afghanistan. Below is a list of all Level 4 travel advisories.

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, countries, including the United States, have issued travel advisories aimed at keeping citizens safe and preventing travel to areas with high transmission of COVID-19.

While the State Department advises Americans not to travel to 97 countries due to a pandemic or other unsafe conditions, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against travel to 77 countries, particularly because of COVID-19.

On Tuesday, the CDC added level 4 travel advisories for Jamaica, Lebanon and Sri Lanka, telling Americans not to travel to those countries because of “very high levels of COVID-19 in that country.” France and the Bahamas, two tourist destinations popular with Americans, are also at level 4.

Level 4 is the highest travel warning issued by these agencies, and new warnings have emerged as the Delta and Mu variants continue to spread around the world.

The CDC also added Level 3: Reconsider Travel Advisory for Anguilla, Australia, Brunei, Ghana, Grenada, Madagascar, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Some level 4 warnings – such as those issued for Nicaragua and Afghanistan – were issued for socio-political reasons.

Here’s a list of all the places the government is recommending Americans avoid right now: