Italy, France, China and more: advice (and not advice) from the CDC for the holidays
What the American health authority CDC says about travel to Italy, France, Spain, Greece, China, Israel, Canada, Australia and beyond
No to travel to Italy, France, Spain, Greece. No to holidays in the Maldives, to holidays in neighboring Canada or Costa Rica. Green light, for low risk of contagion, to travel to China, from where Covid-19 started, or to Australia. For the Centers for disease control and prevetion (CDC, federal agency of the United States, public health control body of the United States of America), to decide the work and vacation destination of Americans, in this summer 2021, it should be the risk of contagion, but the options to choose from are not so many. All the details.
ITALY AMONG THE MOST RISK COUNTRIES
Let's start from the beautiful country. The CDC advises against traveling to Italy due to the risk of contagion. The percentage of the population that received the first dose of the vaccine, according to the data as of May 25, is 35.85%. Only 17.6% instead received the second dose and can be said to be immunized.
OTHER VERY HIGH RISK COUNTRIES
Like Italy, the rest of Europe should also be avoided: Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, etc.
Travel highly not recommended also in Japan, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Guam, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, US Virgin Island, Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus , Bolivia, Brazil, Jordan, Cambodia, Kenya, Central Africa, India, Indonesia.
HIGH RISK COUNTRIES
Countries where the risk of contagion remains high, and whose travel is to be avoided, are: Iceland, Haiti, United Kingdom, Senegal, Togo, Thailand, Sudan, Sint Maarten, Mozambique, Morocco, Malawi, Eswatini, Ivory Coast , Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Angola, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda.
MODERATE RISK FOR ISRAEL
Israel, according to the CDC, is also to be avoided. Although the country has vaccinated over 60% of the population and has reopened its activities for several weeks, it still remains a region where the risk of contagion is moderate.
Countries at moderate risk also include Ghana, French Polynesia, the Fiji Islands, Burundi, Mauritius, Mauritania, Anguilla, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
LOW RISK
By now Covid-19 is a thing of the past, however, for China: the CDC places Beijing among the countries with a low risk of contagion. As well as Australia, New Zealand, Greenland, Samoa, the Mariana Islands, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Uganda.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/italia-francia-cina-e-non-solo-consigli-e-sconsigli-della-cdc-per-le-vacanze/ on Thu, 27 May 2021 04:08:47 +0000.