New york quarantine orders. New york city another 10 states were added to new yorks travel advisory tuesday while one was removed meaning a mandatory quarantine order now affects. This quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100000 residents over a 7 day rolling average or a state with a 10 or higher positivity rate over a 7 day rolling average. New jersey and connecticut have joined new york with the order.
The new checkpoints at bridges and tunnels will stop cars and seek to enforce quarantine orders imposed by new york state which require people coming from 34 states and puerto rico to self isolate. New york reuters people arriving in new york from an additional eight states must quarantine themselves for 14 days amid the coronavirus pandemic new york governor andrew cuomo ordered on. Florida still has a 14 day quarantine order in place for travelers from areas with substantial community spread to include the new york tri state area connecticut new jersey and new york now.
The wall street journal says new york city will set up bridge and tunnel checkpoints to enforce the quarantine order. Cuomos mandate for travelers to self quarantine if they come to new york from states hard hit by coronavirus is enforced mostly through the honor system the daily news has found. People caught violating the order could be fined up to 10000.
Travelers from 35 states are now required to quarantine for 14 days when traveling to new york.