US adds Canada to 'reconsider travel' advisory list amid COVID-19

WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department has raised its travel advisory alert for Canada to a "level  3 - reconsider travel" status amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

The department, along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned on Monday against travel to Switzerland, among other countries because of rising cases of the novel coronavirus. The CDC also raised its COVID-19 travel warning to "level 4: very high" for the U.S. island territories of Puerto Rico and Guam.