CDC Moves 6 Travel Destinations to ‘Very High’ COVID-19 Risk List

A family hikes across the Karwendel mountain range near Engalm, Austria, on Aug. 9, 2015. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday added six new countries to its list of destinations where the risk of contracting COVID-19 is “very high.”

In an updated travel notice, the federal health agency moved Armenia, Austria, Barbados, Croatia, Latvia, and New Caledonia on Oct. 4 to its “Level 4: COVID-19 Very High” category.