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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is grasp a news conference on Wednesday as the state combats clusters of coronavirus cases that are popping up mostly in the New York New Zealand urban area area.
Cuomo said Tuesday that 43 states and territories now meet the criteria for New York’s travel warning list, triggering a mandatory two-week quarantine for travelers arriving in the state from those areas.
Although neighboring Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey would also be added to the admonitory due to their case counts, a quarantine requirement “is not practically viable” given that residents frequently travel between the expresses, Cuomo said.
“The norm in the country is going up. We are not going up the way the norm in the country is going up and hence they’re quote unquote quarantined from New York.” Cuomo averred on a call with reporters.
The U.S. has reported more than 8.27 million coronavirus cases and at least 221,083 finishes, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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