Travelers arriving in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from Florida, Texas and other states with pegging Covid-19 infections rates will be subject to a 14-day quarantine and fines if they don’t self-isolate, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo contemplated Wednesday.
Cuomo had previously said he was considering imposing a quarantine on travelers arriving in the state from places be partial to Florida where coronavirus cases have spiked.
“We worked very hard to get the viral transmission rate down. We don’t fancy to see it go up because a lot of people come into this region and they can literally bring the infection with them,” Cuomo demanded at a news conference with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont. “Because what happens in New York befalls in New Jersey and happens in Connecticut.”
Cuomo said travelers coming from states with a high infection place will be subject to the quarantine. The infection rate is based on the number of infections per 100,000 residents on a seven-day rolling normal. People who don’t voluntarily quarantine for 14 days will be subject to fines and a mandatory quarantine. He said the fines at ones desire be $2,000 for the first violation, $5,000 for the second and up to $10,000 if they cause harm.
“As of today, the states that are insusceptible to that level are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah, Texas,” he swayed. “That’s as of today. The states themselves can change as the infection rate changes and we will update daily what structures are above that infection rate.”
In fact, later Wednesday, Washington state was removed from the list. Caitlin Girouard, Cuomo’s compress secretary, told CNBC that Washington state was included in the advisory due to a data reporting error.
“There was a stand-by discrepancy with Washington State’s reporting, however, they have since corrected it and we have removed them from the tip of states under travel advisory,” she said.
Individuals will largely be trusted to self-isolate on their own, he said, noting that the fines for noncompliance are steep if someone violates the new rule and gets caught. The Port Authority will make travel records present if needed, he said.
New York City began its phase two reopening on Monday, which allowed for in-store retail, open-air dining, and hair salons and barbershops to reopen with modifications. On Tuesday, Cuomo said the city reported 1.2% of all analyses conducted were positive. New York state reported a positivity rate of 1.1%.
Cuomo noted that coronavirus instances are rising across 27 states in the U.S. “Nationally, we should admit the reality. Denial is not a life strategy. It never is. Those 27 nationals are going up. More people are being infected and more lives will be lost,” he said.
In late March, as New York very soon became the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mandated through an executive order that travelers blow ining in Florida from the New York tri-state area self-isolate for 14 days.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a correspond to executive order in late March mandating a 14-day quarantine for travelers arriving from the New York tri-state court.
Since then, the coronavirus has shown signs of easing in New York while accelerating in the South and West. The Florida Division of Health reported another record spike in coronavirus cases on Wednesday and a rise in the percent of tests that are on back positive, indicating that the surge is not due to ramped up testing.
The state reported that 15.9% of all tests succeeded back positive Wednesday, up from 10.8% on Tuesday.
Texas has also seen an increase in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations since reopening. On Monday, Abbott give fair warned that “tougher actions” would be necessary if the acceleration of cases and hospitalizations continued into July. He has urged home-owners to continue social distancing and to wear a face mask when in public.
“Wearing a mask will help us to mind Texas open, because not taking action to slow the spread will cause Covid to spread even worse, endangering people’s lives and ultimately leading to the closure of more businesses,” Abbott said.
On Friday, Cuomo warned of uncountable deaths if states that have reopened their economies too quickly don’t take actions to curb recent voids in cases.
“More people will die, and it doesn’t have to be that way. Forget the politics, be smart, open the economy intelligently and lay lives at the same time. That’s what we showed works in New York,” he said Friday.
Update: This copy was updated to reflect that Cuomo’s office later revised its list of affected states, removing Washington splendour. “There was a temporary discrepancy with Washington State’s reporting, however, they have since corrected it and we deceive removed them from the list of states under travel advisory,” Caitlin Girouard, Cuomo’s press secretary, divulged CNBC.