France, Portugal, 5 Other Countries at ‘Very High’ Level of COVID-19, CDC Warns in Updated Travel Advisory

A man and a woman wearing masks walk on Trocadero Plaza as a French national flag flies on the Eiffel Tower in background in Paris on May 11, 2020. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised the travel advisory level for France, Portugal, and five other countries to “Level 4: Very High Level of COVID-19”—its highest classification for COVID-19 risk—advising Americans to avoid travel to these destinations.

Destinations the CDC has marked Level 4 are France, Portugal, Andorra, and Liechtenstein in Europe, Cyprus and Jordan in the Middle East, and Tanzania in East Africa. Countries in this category have had more than 500 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the past 28 days.