In June, the CDC had lowered its travel advisory rating for Israel to "Level 1: Low." The "Level 3" rating says unvaccinated travelers should avoid nonessential travel to Israel and is one level below the CDC's most severe travel rating.
Israel's coronavirus cases have continued to rise, data from Israel's Health Ministry showed on Monday, with 1,404 cases diagnosed on Sunday, and 1,538 cases diagnosed from midnight on Monday until press time.
Some 121 Israelis are now hospitalized in serious condition, of whom 25 are currently intubated. The positivity rate has continued to rise and now stands at 2.17%, the highest positivity rate since March.
The overall death toll from coronavirus in Israel now stands at 6,461.
Israel has also been limiting the entrance of people from certain countries in an effort to mitigate the spread of coronavirus and prevent new mutations from entering the country.
Due to rising rates of coronavirus in Spain and Kyrgyzstan, the two countries were added to the list of countries that Israelis are now no longer allowed to visit until further notice, the Knesset's Constitutional Committee approved on Monday.
In doing so, they join a list that already includes the countries of Uzbekistan, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, South Africa, India, Mexico, and Russia.
In addition, the committee agreed not to approve adding to the list the following countries: Georgia, Turkey, Cyprus and the United Kingdom.
Rossella Tercatin contributed to this article.