The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging travelers to practice enhanced precautions when going to places such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Madagascar and Indonesia due to the circulating poliovirus.
The agency identified 30 countries where travelers are at risk for the disease in a recently updated advisory with a Level 2 notice advising travelers to “practice enhanced precautions.”
The virus was eradicated in the western hemisphere in 1994 but exists in some polio-endemic countries, and it has been detected in other places worldwide.
The following destinations have circulating poliovirus, according to the CDC: