Passengers board an American Airways flight to Charlotte, North Carolina at San Diego Worldwide Airport on Might 20, 2020 in San Diego, California.
Passengers board an American Airways flight to Charlotte, North Carolina at San Diego Worldwide Airport on Might 20, 2020 in San Diego, California.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy added three extra states to their journey restrictions record Tuesday, now requiring folks touring from 19 states to self-quarantine for 14 days in the event that they need to go to the Empire or Backyard states.
The coronavirus outbreaks in Delaware, Kansas and Oklahoma at the moment are dangerous sufficient for these states to make Cuomo and Murphy’s lists. The journey advisory applies to anybody arriving from a state that has a constructive check price larger than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling common or a state with a 10% or larger constructive price over a 7-day rolling common.
Sixteen states have been already topic to the journey advisory: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.
“As a way to responsibly proceed down our highway again to restart and restoration, we should stay vigilant in our collective effort to beat the virus and cut back the speed of transmission,” Murphy mentioned in a press launch. “I urge these arriving from one in every of these nineteen states to self-quarantine and get a COVID-19 check to forestall extra flareups throughout the state and make sure the well being and security of their fellow New Jerseyans.”
Cuomo additionally mentioned in a press release, “New Yorkers did the unimaginable — we went from the worst an infection price in the US to one of many greatest — and the very last thing we’d like is to see one other spike of COVID-19.”
The order applies to each guests and residents of New York and New Jersey returning house from one of many states.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut first issued a joint journey advisory on June 24 for anybody coming back from journey to states with a big community-wide unfold coronavirus an infection. The preliminary order was in place for 9 states.
Throughout a information briefing in late June, Cuomo mentioned individuals who do not voluntarily quarantine for 14 days shall be topic to fines and a compulsory quarantine. He mentioned the fines shall be $2,000 for the primary violation, $5,000 for the second and as much as $10,000 in the event that they trigger hurt.