New York, New Jersey and Connecticut now require visitors from 31 states to be quarantined for 14 days in an effort to combat the growing number of coronavirus cases in the country.
The metropolitan area announced Tuesday that an additional 10 states would be added to the quarantine-required travel notice: Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Virginia and Washington. Minnesota was removed from the list last week.
The New York travel advisory has been expanded to 31 states.
If you travel to New York from the following states, you must be quarantined for 14 days:
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.
– Andrew Cuomo
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The list of travel tips includes states that have more than 10 per 100,000 residents who test positive for the virus or more than 10 percent of the tests that test positive, in a seven-day moving average. Last week, 22 states made the list.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut announced the travel notice At the end of last month, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah and Texas were initially added. Certain states, such as Delaware and Washington, were removed and then re-added to the list as their numbers evolved over the weeks.
The new travel restrictions come as New York tries to protect itself from further serious outbreaks across the country after the three-state area was the initial epicenter of the US for COVID-19 earlier this year.
New York experienced its peak of new COVID-19 cases in early April, with 12,274 new cases on April 4, but now has a seven-day average of 725 new cases per day, according to Data from the New York Times. Since the beginning of the pandemic, New York Has confirmed 408,181 cases and 25,058 deaths.
But other states have been struggling to reign in its outbreaks in recent weeks, especially in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. The New York Times reports that 42 states are experiencing increasing cases.
Travelers from these states must complete an online form or face fines of up to $ 2,000 in New York. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) acknowledged during his press conference Monday that the enforcement of the warning operated at airports, but not on those traveling by road.
“We do not have a mechanism to reach people who may be driving to the state or passing through the state,” he said.
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