New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during the daily press conference at the New York State Governor’s Office on June 12, 2020 in New York City.
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Travelers arriving in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from regions with high rates of Covid-19 infection will be subject to a 14-day quarantine, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.
Cuomo had previously said he was considering quarantining travelers arriving in the state from places like Florida, where coronavirus cases have skyrocketed.
“We work very hard to reduce the rate of viral transmission. We don’t want to see it increase because a lot of people come to this region and they can literally cause the infection,” Cuomo said at a news conference with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. “Because what happens in New York happens in New Jersey and happens in Connecticut.”
Cuomo said travelers from states with a high infection rate will be subject to quarantine. The infection rate is based on the number of infections per 100,000 residents on a 7-day moving average.
“As of today, the states that are above that level are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah, Texas,” he said. “That’s from today. The states themselves can change as the infection rate changes, and we will update daily which states are above that infection rate.”
New York City began its second phase of reopening on Monday, allowing retail stores, open-air restaurants, and beauty and hair salons to reopen with modifications. On Tuesday, Cuomo said the city reported that 1.2% of all tests performed were positive. New York State reported a positivity rate of 1.1%.
Cuomo noted that coronavirus cases are on the rise in 27 US states. USA “At the national level, we should admit reality. Denial is not a life strategy. It never is. Those 27 states are going up. More people are becoming infected and more lives will be lost,” he said.
In late March, when New York quickly became the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak. In the US, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered through an executive order that travelers arriving in Florida from the tri-state area of New York be self-insulated for 14 days.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a similar executive order in late March requiring a 14-day quarantine for travelers arriving from the tri-state area of New York.
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