New York City will put up COVID-19 quarantine checkpoints at key entry points to ensure that travelers from 35 states on New York state's travel advisory comply with the state's 14-day quarantine mandate, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday
A man walks with an umbrella during Tropical Storm Isaias in the Brooklyn borough of New YorkNEW YORK - New York City will put up COVID-19 quarantine checkpoints at key entry points to ensure that incoming travelers from 35 states with outbreaks comply with the state's 14-day quarantine mandate, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday.
"Travelers coming in from those states will be given information about the quarantine and will be reminded that it is required, not optional," de Blasio told a news briefing. He added that, under certain circumstances, fines for not observing the quarantine order could be as high as $10,000. A fifth of all new cases in New York City are from out-of-state travelers, said Dr. Ted Long, who oversees the city's contact tracing program.
The city, which once had over 800 deaths in a single day, has reported no coronavirus fatalities for the past three days and the mayor said the city's infection rate had been under 3% for the past eight weeks.In March, Rhode Island briefly stopped cars with New York license plates, drawing a rebuke from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
"Nothing about this crisis has been easy," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said."Every day has been another step into uncharted territory."
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