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June 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Travelers from states with a high rate of COVID-19 infection must quarantine for 14 days upon entering New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today.
Cuomo made the announcement with the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut via video in a joint press conference Wednesday.
“We are announcing today a joint travel advisory,” Cuomo said. “People coming in from states that have a high infection rate must quarantine for 14 days.”
The advisory applies to visitors from such states — as well as returning residents — to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
States with an infection rate greater than 10 cases per 100,000 residents or a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average are subject to the travel advisory and two-week quarantine.
The states that are currently above that level include Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah and Texas, Cuomo said.
New York will update which states meet the metrics for the quarantine advisory daily.
“We worked very hard to get the viral transmission rate down,” the governor said. “We don’t want to see it go up because a lot of people come into this region and they could literally bring the infection with them.”
Cuomo said if someone from one of the states seeing an uptick in cases is found to be breaking the quarantine in New York, he or she could be subject to a judicial order and mandatory quarantine or even fines up to $2,000 for the first offense.
The advisory takes effect tonight at midnight.
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Is it me or does mac have a thing for hashtagger?
Another nail in the coffin of the city’s tourist industry. All so governor meatball can play Mussolini a few weeks longer.
Hashtagger-More pearls of wisdom from a narcissistic bellyaching blowhard. Why don’t you move to a Republican stronghold and spare yourself and us the misery you’re constantly crying about. Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah and Texas are the states in question all but Washington and Utah are in the bottom of US states in per capita income (The Republican Reality) and aren’t big on vacations that don’t involve their cars. NY isn’t losing much. What are you going to do when the EU blocks Americans from entry?
Yeah let’s kill the tourism industry so cuomolini looks like he is tough
NYC flattened the curve, it’s the red states that are seeing an increase now.
If you read the news, you won’t be completely wrong next time!
Is it just me or does mac have a thing for hashtagger