Covid-19 travel: US health authority adds Bahrain, Qatar and Egypt to very high-risk list – The National

Covid-19 travel: US health authority adds Bahrain, Qatar and Egypt to very high-risk list – The National

More than 20 countries have been moved to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's level four list, deemed the highest-risk level for travel, owing to the rising number of Covid-19 cases.

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The 22 countries moved to the very high-risk list include Australia, Bahrain, Israel, Qatar, Egypt, Albania, Argentina and Uruguay. By contrast, last week only two nations were moved to the very high-risk list.