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CNN: CDC moves Ukraine to its highest level of Covid-19 travel risk

By CNN.

Published Oct. 26, 2021. Updated Oct. 26 at 4:59 am

A drone picture shows a view of the mural "Lesya Ukrainka" by Guido Van Helten in downtown Kyiv on Oct. 25, 2021.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added just one new location to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations this week. On Monday afternoon, architecturally rich Ukraine, the second-largest nation in Europe in land area, was moved up from Level 3, or “high” risk for Covid-19, to Level 4, the agency’s highest risk category.