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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:49 PM Jul 2020

Travelers from 31 states must quarantine after entering New York

A quick trip to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut could be a lot less feasible for many Americans. People traveling to the tri-state area from 31 U.S. states are now instructed to self-quarantine for 14 days, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced Tuesday.

The restrictions are part of the three states' joint travel advisory, which is a response to the "increased rates of COVID-19 transmission in certain states," New York state's coronavirus website outlines. The governors first announced the advisory on June 24 and update the states required to quarantine each week, depending on their number of positive cases.

Travelers to New York from states with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,00 citizens or a rate of testing positivity higher than 10% over a seven-day rolling average must quarantine, according to a June state Department of Health press release.

Ten states were added to the travel advisory on Tuesday, including Virginia, Washington and Alaska, with one — Minnesota — being removed, according to a press release from Cuomo's office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/travelers-from-31-states-must-quarantine-after-entering-new-york/ar-BB171JIV?li=BBnb7Kz

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Travelers from 31 states must quarantine after entering New York (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
Something Odd Here ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #1
How does that work for truck drivers? HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #2

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
1. Something Odd Here
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 01:07 PM
Jul 2020

If you click on the "press release" link in the article, the whole list of states is there.
California is on the list. But, according to Johns-Hopkins, the 7 day moving average is 7.5, not over 10.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/individual-states/california

Wonder if it's because of metro hotspots, so they assigned the whole state to the list.

 

HotTeaBag

(1,206 posts)
2. How does that work for truck drivers?
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 01:11 PM
Jul 2020

Or anyone for that matter.

If it's a requirement then there must be some kind of enforcement in place, but I can't see how it's enforceable or even feasible.

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