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 The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to "Level Four: Very
High" for the three destinations. In total, the CDC urges Americans
to avoid travel to about 135 countries and territories.
The CDC lists another 33 destinations as "Level 3: High" and
recommends unvaccinated Americans avoid travel. It lowered six
destinations on Monday to Level 3: Anguilla, Cape Verde, Fiji,
Mexico, Philippines and United Arab Emirates. A total of just 29
destinations are listed as "Level 2: Moderate" or "Level 1: Low."
Hong Kong reported 25,150 new coronavirus infections and 280 deaths
on Monday, as authorities struggle to contain a worsening COVID-19
outbreak which has torn through hundreds of nursing homes and hit
many of the city's unvaccinated elderly.
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 While Hong Kong was successful in controlling
the virus in 2021, COVID-19 infections there
have recently soared to a total of around
500,000. Most of the Chinese-ruled city's more
than 2,200 deaths have been in the past two
weeks.
Hong Kong reported the most deaths globally per
million people in the week to March 6, according
to data publication Our World in Data. CDC
raised Hong Kong to "Level 3" last week.
(Reporting by David Shepardson in
WashingtonEditing by Jonathan Oatis and Matthew
Lewis)
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