CDC pleads with Americans to avoid thanksgiving travel

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has told Americans to avoid travel for the thanksgiving holiday amid soaring COVID-19 cases.

A CDC official disclosed that the US has seen over a million new cases of COVID-19 in less than a week.

But the agency stopped short of issuing a travel ban for Americans.

The US has so far recorded more than 11.6 million coronavirus infections and more than 250,000 deaths.

Thanksgiving typically heralds the busiest week for travel in the US.

Last year, an estimated 26 million travellers passed through the country’s airports in the week surrounding the holiday.