Tri-state governors, NY, NJ, CT, expected to announce quarantine for out-of-state visitors

The governors of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut are expected to announce mandatory quarantines for out-of-state visitors Wednesday that would likely hinder their summer tourist seasons, but keep people from regions with increases in coronavirus infections from possibly spreading COVID-19 here.

As the tri-state region recovers from the pandemic while dozens of other states experience record increases in COVID-19 infections, Gov. Ned Lamont, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in recent days have discussed ways to protect their residents.

The governors have also discussed the possibility of allowing visitors who do not wish to quarantine for two weeks, to present proof of recent negative tests for the virus upon their arrival here.

While some states including Arkansas, Florida and Oklahoma created mandatory 14-day quarantines for visitors from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut when this region was the epicenter of the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak, now, as it subsides, the northeast states will likely create their own orders.

Massachusetts has a similar quarantine in effect and Rhode Island requires 14-day quarantines for people from states with stay-at-home orders.

Meanwhile, the European Union is planning on prohibiting visitors from the United States because of the nation’s soaring infection and fatality rates.

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