NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New York state, New Jersey and Connecticut announced on Tuesday morning that three more states are being added to their travel advisories, requiring travelers arriving from these states to quarantine for 14 days: Delaware, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Cuomo said the quarantine applies to anyone coming from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 people over a one-week rolling average, or a state with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a one-week rolling average.
These are the current states on the travel list: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
"As states around the country experience increasing community spread, New York is taking action to ensure the continued safety of our phased reopening," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "Our entire response to this pandemic has been by the numbers, and we've set metrics for community spread just as we set metrics for everything ... New Yorkers did the impossible - we went from the worst infection rate in the United States to one of the best - and the last thing we need is to see another spike of COVID-19."
Gov. Phil Murphy echoed Cuomo's sentiments, saying, "Several outbreaks across New Jersey are directly tied to travel from COVID-19 hotspots nationwide. In order to responsibly continue down our road back to restart and recovery, we must remain vigilant in our collective effort to beat the virus and reduce the rate of transmission. I urge those arriving from one of these nineteen states to self-quarantine and get a COVID-19 test to prevent additional flareups across the state and ensure the health and safety of their fellow New Jerseyans."
