by Donald Wood
Last updated: 10:24 AM ET, Wed September 8, 2021
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday that several countries have been downgraded on its travel advisory list due to a rising number of confirmed coronavirus cases.
According to Reuters.com, the CDC raised its travel advisory to "Level 4: Very High" for Brunei, Jamaica and Sri Lanka, with the Level 4 list now including around 80 destinations, including several U.S. territories.
The Level 4 travel advisory says Americans should avoid travel to the locations.
Several destinations were also upgraded from Level 4 to "Level 3: High," including the Netherlands, Malta, Guinea-Bissau and the United Arab Emirates. The CDC urges unvaccinated Americans to avoid travel to these locations.
Other countries were also downgraded to Level 3, such as Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Ghana, Grenada, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Australia was also demoted from "Leve1 1: Low" to "Level 2: Moderate."
Last week, the CDC downgraded seven countries and territories from Level 3 to Level 4 due to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, including Azerbaijan, Estonia, Guam, North Macedonia, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia and Switzerland.
In August, The Bahamas, Haiti, Kosovo, Lebanon, Morocco and Sint Maarten were also added to the Level 4 list.
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