US CDC reclassifies Covid-19 travel advisory for Singapore to 'unknown'

[SINGAPORE] The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is telling Americans to avoid travel to Singapore because the level of Covid-19 there is "unknown".

"Because the current situation in Singapore is unknown, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading Covid-19 variants," the CDC said in its advisory.

Singapore, which was previously classified under the CDC's highest Covid-19 risk level, now joins the same classification category as Afghanistan, North Korea and Syria.

The city-state reported a total of 842 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Jan 4.

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