Most out-of-town visitors to Washington, D. C. , from states deemed most threatening to COVID-19, will have to go through negative control before arriving in the district, but will no longer have to be quarantined in the city for 14 days, according to an order signed Thursday through the local mayor.
Under the new order, the nation’s capital joins New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey to establish visitors’ needs to mitigate the spread of coronavirus amid an alarming increase in infection rates across the country.
“We need other people to be wise if they travel,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news convention Thursday.
According to the order, other people traveling from 42 states as DC fitness officers deemed to be the main threat to COVID-19 will want to be negatively monitored for the virus 72 hours before traveling to the nation’s capital. Please check for a moment between 3 and five days after arrival, according to the order.
“Obviously, if they get a negative test, they come to the district,” Bowser said.
She said virginia and Maryland neighbors will be exempt from the new requirements.
Bowser also stated that an essential staff from outside the state will be able to perform their duties before obtaining their negative moment test.
Visitors to Washington for 24 hours or less will also be exempt, and others arriving from out of state for funerals or emergencies will not want to take a check before arriving if this is impractical, the mayor said.
She said D. C. citizens returning from state gates restrict their daily activities and control themselves for 14 days, or undergo tests 3 to five days after arriving home.
The new notice takes effect on November 9.
Anyone who is in close contact with others who tested positive for the virus is be asked not to go to the city, Bowser added.
The mayor also said the town will continue to supply visitors loose.
In pronouncing the new order, Bowser also suggested that citizens not travel on Thanksgiving or organize giant out-of-state guest meetings during the upcoming vacation.
“We continue to ask others to restrict their travels, but we also know that other people will come here and probably wouldn’t be quarantined for 14 days if they did,” Bowser said.
Bowser said there were no plans to create “checkpoints” at airports or on roads, but possibly or said personal establishments such as universities, hospitals, hotels, network care services, and places of worship can consult visitors about their recent ones and possibly require evidence of negative COVID-19 control before authorizing admission.
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