The CDC also added cruise ships, including river vessels, to its Level 3 warning this week and advised that only fully vaccinated people cruise. You can view the CDC’s risk levels for global destinations on its travel recommendations page. Egypt and the Dominican Republic had been at Level 2 (“moderate” risk), and Cayman Islands had been at an enviable Level 1 (“low” risk). The Level 3 category - which applies to destinations that have had between 100 and 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days - saw more action this week.īeing placed in Level 3 was a sign of progress in these seven destinations, all moving down from Level 4:įor three destinations, the move to Level 3 was a sign of worsening conditions. In total, there were 77 destinations worldwide still at Level 4 on October 25. In the case of the UK, it’s been lodged at Level 4 since July 19. The current list of Level 4 destinations includes: Popular international vacation spots remained lodged at this highest level of alert, evidence of Covid-19’s continuing grip. These last two updates in October are a far cry from the situation in early August, when the CDC added 16 destinations in one week to Level 4, and Delta variant cases were rising rapidly across much of the planet.ĭestinations that fall into the “Covid-19 Very High” Level 4 category have had more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days, according to CDC criteria. Last week, it was the modern city-state of Singapore. It’s the second week in a row that the CDC has moved only one new nation to the Level 4 ranks.