While much of the U.S. It still has a lot of new COVID-19 infections and many Americans are looking to save their summer vacation, some states have followed quarantine needs to prevent travelers from entering the state.
Fifteen states — Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont — and the city of Chicago currently require travelers from virus hot spots to quarantine for 14 days, meaning they cannot go out to public spaces and must stay at home until the two-week period is up.
Another three states — New Hampshire, South Carolina and Wisconsin — have suggested quarantines, but do not require them.
The rest of the country does not have restrictions on out-of-state travelers.
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The states that require quarantines have varying lists of who should stay home. Connecticut, New Jersey and New York — which enacted joint quarantine requirements — are the most restrictive, requiring travelers from 34 states along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to quarantine for 14 days if they stay in one of the three states for more than 24 hours.
People passing through airports in the 3 states will have to indicate a physical form that accepts quarantine, and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that the city would set up checkpoints on bridges and tunnels and randomly prevent cars from reminding them of quarantine order.
Florida was one of the first states to require out-of-state traveler quarantine on March 24, when Gov. Ron DeSantis said other people from Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, the site of the first PRIMARY epidemic of COVID-19 in the U.S. had to stay indoors for 14 days upon arrival. However, two months later, the number of cases in Florida soared, surpassing that of New York, and they were placed on the quarantine list of the 3-state area. Florida, however, has extended its quarantine requirement for all 3 states until September 5.
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States with quarantine policies expect that by requiring 40 days, the maximum time it takes to expand COVID-19 symptoms, will reduce the threat of infection in their citizens.
“We have worked very hard to lower the viral transmission rate. We don’t need it to build up because a lot of other people come to this domain and they can literally bring the infection with them,” said Cuomo, governor of New York. news convention with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the Connecticut government. Ned Lamont Fix, June 24. “Because what happens in New York happens in New Jersey and happens in Connecticut.”
For the three-state area, the states on your quarantine list are those that have a moving average of seven days of positive tests greater than 10 consistent concentual, or a number of positive cases exceeding 10 consistent with 100,000 inhabitants.
As of Wednesday morning, more than 4,778,800 Americans have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least 157,302 people have died. After two months of soaring new infections in the U.S., the daily totals are beginning to decrease slightly and the average number of new infections over the last seven days is 58,820, a decline of 11 percent, according to The New York Times. However, the number of deaths is on the rise.
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