The CDC Does Not Want You to Travel to These Countries

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Jan 30, 2:00PM EST

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The omicron variant of the coronavirus has driven new daily cases of COVID-19 in the United States at the beginning of January to over a million. While cases have been on the decline, there are still over 150,000 people in the hospital because of the virus. Coronavirus deaths have risen to over 2,500 a day.

Globally, the situation is nearly as bad. New cases per day have reached 3.4 million.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists 116 countries under its Level 4: COVID-19 Very High risk level. These are countries where the spread of COVID-19 is aggressive enough that it poses “very high risk” for visitors. The CDC recommends against traveling to these countries regardless of vaccination status and notes, “If you must travel to these destinations, make sure you are fully vaccinated before travel.” (These are the states where the most people are vaccinated.)

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.

24/7 Tempo reviewed the CDC’s travel warnings, listing, alphabetically, all 116 countries with a Level 4: COVID-19 Very High warning.

These are the CDC’s current Level 4 countries:

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1. Albania
> Population: 2,837,743

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2. Andorra
> Population: 77,265

3. Antigua and Barbuda
> Population: 97,928

4. Argentina
> Population: 45,376,763

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5. Aruba
> Population: 106,766

6. Australia
> Population: 25,687,041

7. Austria
> Population: 8,917,205

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8. Bahamas, The
> Population: 393,248

9. Bahrain
> Population: 1,701,583

10. Barbados
> Population: 287,371

11. Belgium
> Population: 11,555,997

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12. Belize
> Population: 397,621

13. Bermuda
> Population: 63,903

14. Bolivia
> Population: 11,673,029

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15. Bonaire
> Population: 20,915

16. Bosnia and Herzegovina
> Population: 3,280,815

17. Botswana
> Population: 2,351,625

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18. British Virgin Islands
> Population: 30,237

19. Bulgaria
> Population: 6,934,015

20. Burkina Faso
> Population: 20,903,278

21. Burma (Myanmar)
> Population: 54,409,794

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22. Canada
> Population: 38,005,238

23. Cape Verde
> Population: 512,000

24. Cayman Islands
> Population: 65,720

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25. Central African Republic
> Population: 4,829,764

26. Chad
> Population: 16,425,859

27. Colombia
> Population: 50,882,884

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28. Costa Rica
> Population: 5,094,114

29. Croatia
> Population: 4,047,200

30. CuraÃ§ao
> Population: 155,014

31. Cyprus
> Population: 1,207,361

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32. Czech Republic
> Population: 10,698,896

33. Denmark
> Population: 5,831,404

34. Dominica
> Population: 71,991

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35. Dominican Republic
> Population: 10,847,904

36. Egypt
> Population: 102,334,403

37. Estonia
> Population: 1,331,057

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38. Eswatini
> Population: 1,160,164

39. Faroe Islands
> Population: 48,865

40. Fiji
> Population: 896,444

41. Finland
> Population: 5,530,719

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42. France
> Population: 67,391,582

43. Georgia
> Population: 3,714,000

44. Germany
> Population: 83,240,525

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45. Gibraltar
> Population: 33,691

46. Greece
> Population: 10,715,549

47. Greenland
> Population: 56,367

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48. Grenada
> Population: 112,519

49. Guadeloupe
> Population: 400,000

50. Guernsey
> Population: 63,448

51. Guyana
> Population: 786,559

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52. Haiti
> Population: 11,402,533

53. Hungary
> Population: 9,749,763

54. Iceland
> Population: 366,425

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55. Iraq
> Population: 40,222,503

56. Ireland
> Population: 4,994,724

57. Isle of Man
> Population: 85,032

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58. Israel
> Population: 9,216,900

59. Italy
> Population: 59,554,023

60. Jamaica
> Population: 2,961,161

61. Jersey (part of the UK)
> Population: 107,800

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62. Jordan
> Population: 10,203,140

63. Kuwait
> Population: 4,270,563

64. Latvia
> Population: 1,901,548

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65. Lebanon
> Population: 6,825,442

66. Liechtenstein
> Population: 38,137

67. Lithuania
> Population: 2,794,700

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68. Luxembourg
> Population: 632,275

69. Maldives
> Population: 540,542

70. Malta
> Population: 525,285

71. Martinique
> Population: 385,551

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72. Mauritius
> Population: 1,265,740

73. Monaco
> Population: 39,244

74. Mongolia
> Population: 3,278,292

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75. Montenegro
> Population: 621,306

76. Namibia
> Population: 2,540,916

77. Netherlands, The
> Population: 17,441,139

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78. Niger
> Population: 24,206,636

79. North Macedonia
> Population: 2,072,531

80. Norway
> Population: 5,379,475

81. Panama
> Population: 4,314,768

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82. Papua New Guinea
> Population: 8,947,027

83. Peru
> Population: 32,971,846

84. Poland
> Population: 37,950,802

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85. Portugal
> Population: 10,305,564

86. Qatar
> Population: 2,881,060

87. RÃ©union
> Population: 868,846

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88. Romania
> Population: 19,286,123

89. Russia
> Population: 144,104,080

90. Saint Barthelemy
> Population: 9,961

91. Saint Kitts and Nevis
> Population: 52,441

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92. Saint Lucia
> Population: 184,401

93. Saint Martin
> Population: 35,334

94. San Marino
> Population: 33,938

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95. SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe
> Population: 219,161

96. Saudi Arabia
> Population: 34,813,867

97. Serbia
> Population: 6,908,224

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98. Seychelles
> Population: 98,462

99. Sint Maarten
> Population: 40,812

100. Slovakia
> Population: 5,458,827

101. Slovenia
> Population: 2,100,126

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102. Somalia
> Population: 15,893,219

103. South Africa
> Population: 59,308,690

104. South Sudan
> Population: 11,193,729

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105. Spain
> Population: 47,351,567

106. Suriname
> Population: 586,634

107. Sweden
> Population: 10,353,442

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108. Switzerland
> Population: 8,636,896

109. Trinidad and Tobago
> Population: 1,399,491

110. Tunisia
> Population: 11,818,618

111. Turkey
> Population: 84,339,067

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112. Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.)
> Population: 38,718

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113. Ukraine
> Population: 44,134,693

114. United Arab Emirates
> Population: 9,890,400

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115. United Kingdom
> Population: 67,215,293

116. Uruguay
> Population: 3,473,727

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.