CDC raises travel advisories for a dozen countries due to COVID spike

State of play: Level 4 travel advisories were issued for Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Paraguay, as well as Anguilla and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

• The high level advisories were also issued for Kosovo, Moldova, Singapore, the Philippines, Brazil, and French Guiana.

The big picture: The Level 4 alert, the CDC's highest classification for COVID risk, comes with the recommendation to avoid travel and, when that's not possible, to be fully vaccinated against the virus.

• The CDC is also warning due to the "very high" levels of COVID-19 cases in these countries that even fully vaccinated travelers "still be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19."