CDC Adds 15 More Countries to ‘High Risk’ Travel List

People queue to enter terminal 2, at Heathrow Airport, London, on Jan. 18, 2021. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) named 15 more destinations as “Very High” COVID-19 risk on Monday, including several popular Caribbean island destinations.

The agency said that Americans are recommended against traveling to Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Kuwait, Mongolia, Niger, Peru, Romania, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.