List of "High Risk" countries

This list of high risk countries was last updated on March 8, 2023. 

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria (Southern and Easten borders as well as the Sahara Desert region)
  • Armenia (border region with Azerbaijan)
  • Azerbajian (border region with Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh region)
  • Belarus
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • Cote D'Ivoire (Northern border region)
  • Crimea (Region of Ukraine)
  • Cuba
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • India (State of Jammu and Kashmir. 10 km of the India-Pakistan border)
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
  • Kenya (Kenya-Somalia Border and Laikipia County)
  • Kyrgyzstan (COVID-19)
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Macau
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova (Tranistria breakaway region)
  • Myanmar (Burma)
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Peru (Columbian-Peruvian border as well as The Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM))
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan, Republic of
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan (border regions with Afghanistan)
  • Tanzania
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey (Areas near the Syria and Iraq borders)
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Venezuela
  • Yemen

Please visit the Department of State Travel Advisory website for more details.