Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said on Tuesday that travelers entering the tristate area from Hawaii, South Dakota and the Virgin Islands are required to wait 14 days. to be quarantined upon arrival amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuomo, Lamont and Murphy announced in June a travel advice that will move individuals traveling to the region from states experiencing a peak in positive COVID-19 cases to self-quarantine.
NY, CT, NJ GOVERNORS IMPOSE 14 DAY QUARANTINE OF THE STATE VIEW
“Hawaii, South Dakota and the Virgin Islands have been added to NY’s coronavirus travel advice,” Cuomo tweeted Tuesday.
Announcing the addition of Hawaii, South Dakota and the Virgin Islands, tristate officials announced that Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio and Rhode Island had been removed from the list.
The criteria for states that have a high infection rate are 10 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on a seven-day rolling average, or 10 percent of the total population of the state infected on a seven-day rolling average.
NEW, NJ, CT UPDATE LIST OF STATE FREE MANDATORY QUARANTINE
Starting Tuesday, people from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North -Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, the Virgin Islands and Wisconsin to the tristate area must be quarantined for 14 days.
As of Tuesday, the U.S. reported more than 5 million positive cases of COVID-19 and more than 163,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
