On Jan. 10, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans to avoid travel to Canada due to “very high level of COVID-19” in the country. The CDC placed Canada under a “Level 4” travel health notice, its highest warning level. Other countries with a “Level 4: COVID-19 Very High” warning include France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Denmark.
The CDC warns that even fully vaccinated people may be at risk of contracting and spreading the coronavirus in these countries. (Canada may have high COVID-19 levels but you will find no Canadian cities on this list: This is the world’s most dangerous city.)
The CDC’s warning came a day after Canada reported a daily average of new infections of 42,062, according to the New York Times. By comparison, the United States has recently been averaging more than 700,000 new daily cases amid the wave of the omicron variant. Adjusting for population size, the U.S. rate of daily cases is much higher than Canada’s.
The U.S. reopened the land border to Canadian travelers on Nov. 8, 2021, and U.S. travelers have been allowed to enter Canada since Aug. 9, 2021, as long as they have been fully vaccinated at least two weeks prior to entry. (If you plan to heed the CDC’s warning but still want to enjoy a winter vacation, here is a list of the best winter destination in every state.)
Currently, the U.S. has assigned Level 4 travel warnings to 81 countries or territories. Notably, none of them are in East Asia. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the CDC’s travel warnings, listing, alphabetically, all 81 countries with a Level 4: COVID-19 Very High warning.
Additional information on hospital beds per 1,000 people by country is from the World Bank and is for the most recently available year. Population figures are from the World Bank, Encyclopedia Britannica, and other sources and are also for the most recent available year.
Here are the countries the CDC is warning Americans to avoid due to COVID-19
Andorra
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 77,265
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Antigua and Barbuda
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.9
> Population: 97,928
Aruba
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 106,766
Austria
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 7.3
> Population: 8,917,205
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Barbados
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 6.0
> Population: 287,371
Belgium
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 5.6
> Population: 11,555,997
Belize
> Region: Central America
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 1.0
> Population: 397,621
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Bonaire
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 20,104
Bosnia and Herzegovina
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.5
> Population: 3,280,815
Botswana
> Region: Southern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 2,351,625
Bulgaria
> Region: Eastern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 7.5
> Population: 6,934,015
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Burkina Faso
> Region: Western Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 20,903,278
Burma (Myanmar)
> Region: South-eastern Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 1.0
> Population: 54,409,794
Canada
> Region: Northern America
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.5
> Population: 38,005,238
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Cayman Islands
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 65,720
Central African Republic
> Region: Middle Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 4,829,764
Chad
> Region: Middle Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 16,425,859
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Croatia
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 5.5
> Population: 4,047,200
Curaçao
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 152,600
Cyprus
> Region: Western Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.4
> Population: 1,207,361
Czech Republic
> Region: Eastern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 6.6
> Population: 10,698,896
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Denmark
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.6
> Population: 5,831,404
Dominica
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 71,991
Estonia
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 4.6
> Population: 1,331,057
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Eswatini
> Region: Southern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 1,160,164
Faroe Islands
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 48,865
Finland
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.6
> Population: 5,530,719
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France
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 5.9
> Population: 67,391,582
Georgia
> Region: Western Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 3,714,000
Germany
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 8.0
> Population: 83,240,525
Gibraltar
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 33,691
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Greece
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 4.2
> Population: 10,715,549
Greenland
> Region: Northern America
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 56,367
Guernsey
> Region: Channel Islands
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 63,100
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Haiti
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 11,402,533
Hungary
> Region: Eastern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 7.0
> Population: 9,749,763
Iceland
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.8
> Population: 366,425
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Iraq
> Region: Western Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 1.3
> Population: 40,222,503
Ireland
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.0
> Population: 4,994,724
Isle of Man
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 85,032
Italy
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.1
> Population: 59,554,023
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Jersey (part of the UK)
> Region: Channel Islands
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 109,300
Jordan
> Region: Western Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 1.5
> Population: 10,203,140
Latvia
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 5.5
> Population: 1,901,548
Lebanon
> Region: Western Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.7
> Population: 6,825,442
Liechtenstein
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 38,137
Lithuania
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 6.4
> Population: 2,794,700
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Luxembourg
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 4.3
> Population: 632,275
Malawi
> Region: Eastern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 19,129,955
Maldives
> Region: Southern Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 540,542
Malta
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 4.5
> Population: 525,285
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Martinique
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 352,500
Mauritius
> Region: Eastern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 1,265,740
Monaco
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 39,244
Montenegro
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.9
> Population: 621,306
Mozambique
> Region: Eastern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 31,255,435
Namibia
> Region: Southern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 2,540,916
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The Netherlands
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.2
> Population: 17,441,139
North Macedonia
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 4.3
> Population: 2,072,531
Norway
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.5
> Population: 5,379,475
Papua New Guinea
> Region: Melanesia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 8,947,027
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Poland
> Region: Eastern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 6.5
> Population: 37,950,802
Portugal
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.5
> Population: 10,305,564
Réunion
> Region: Eastern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 855,700
Russia
> Region: Eastern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 7.1
> Population: 144,104,080
San Marino
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 33,938
Saudi Arabia
> Region: Western Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.2
> Population: 34,813,867
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Serbia
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 5.6
> Population: 6,908,224
Seychelles
> Region: Eastern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 98,462
Slovakia
> Region: Eastern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 5.7
> Population: 5,458,827
Slovenia
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 4.4
> Population: 2,100,126
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Somalia
> Region: Eastern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 0.9
> Population: 15,893,219
South Africa
> Region: Southern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 59,308,690
South Sudan
> Region: Eastern Africa
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: N/A
> Population: 11,193,729
Spain
> Region: Southern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.0
> Population: 47,351,567
Sweden
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.1
> Population: 10,353,442
Switzerland
> Region: Western Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 4.6
> Population: 8,636,896
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Trinidad and Tobago
> Region: Caribbean
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 3.0
> Population: 1,399,491
Turkey
> Region: Western Asia
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.9
> Population: 84,339,067
Ukraine
> Region: Eastern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 7.5
> Population: 44,134,693
United Kingdom
> Region: Northern Europe
> Hospital beds per 1,000 residents: 2.5
> Population: 67,215,293
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