WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th December, 2021) The United States is urging Americans to avoid travel to Italy, Greenland and Mauritius due to a substantial increase in new Omicron variant of COVID-19 infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.
The CDC on Monday added Italy, Greenland and Mauritius to its list of countries considered to have a very high number of COVID-19 cases.
On Friday, the CDC said the number of new coronavirus infections was up 37 percent as compared to the prior week, and the number of COVID-19-related deaths per week increased by 28 percent.
Moreover, the CDC said the seven-day average of new COVID-19-related hospitalizations is about 7,441 a day, an increase of about 16 percent over the prior week.
