CDC urges travelers to avoid Aruba due to a 'very high level of COVID-19'

Eve Chen, USA TODAY
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Aruba's Eagle Beach, which has been rated one of the best beaches in the world, is seen in this file photo from 2018.
Aruba's Eagle Beach, which has been rated one of the best beaches in the world, is seen in this file photo from 2018.

The sunny shores of Aruba may have to wait.

The Centers for Disease Control Prevention is urging Americans to "avoid travel to Aruba" due to a "very high level of COVID-19."

Its new "Level 4" ranking signifies more than 500 new COVID cases per 100,000 people in the population over the past 28 days.

"Because of the current situation in Aruba, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants," the CDC said in a Travel Health Notice posted Tuesday.

In late November, the CDC and State Department had urged Americans to "reconsider travel to Aruba" due to COVID conditions in the Caribbean island nation.

In recent months the CDC has also discouraged travel to Trinidad and Tobago and the Cayman Islands, as well as numerous destinations across Europe and Africa.

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Travel to Aruba discouraged by CDC as COVID cases climb