New york out of state travelers. In an aggressive attempt to prevent new coronavirus infections new york city will begin sending law enforcement officers to check for travelers at penn station as well as major bridge and tunnel. Florida was one of the first states to require out of state travelers to quarantine back on march 24 when gov. New york to out of state travelers.
Andrew cuomo said monday travelers from states on new yorks coronavirus quarantine list will be required to provide information about where they came from or face a 2000 fine. Eo 205 the travel advisory imposes a 14 day quarantine requirement on travelers from a restricted state entering new york. Ron desantis said people from connecticut new jersey and new york the site of.
The commissioner of the department of health to issue a travel advisory to be communicated widely at all major points of entry into new york including on highway message boards and in all new york airports that. One fifth of new covid 19 cases are now coming from out of state travelers said ted long who heads the citys contact tracing program. The new agency is deploying teams to penn.
In march when new york was the global epicenter of the covid 19 outbreak and hundreds of people died every day florida gov. If you come here you must quarantine. The quarantine requirements were spelled out in an executive order from the governor that went into effect in late june and covers travelers entering new york from a state with a positive test.
Ted long head of new york citys test trace corps said that a fifth of all new coronavirus cases in new york city are from out of state travelers.