Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Arizona and
Maryland have been added to New York's COVID-19 travel advisory. No areas have
been removed. The advisory requires individuals who have traveled to New York
from areas with significant community spread to quarantine for 14 days. The
quarantine applies to any person arriving from an area with a positive test
rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or an
area with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.
Neighboring states Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
now meet the criteria for the travel advisory -- however, given the
interconnected nature of the region and mode of transport between us, a
quarantine on these states is not practically viable. That said, New York State
highly discourages, to the extent practical, non-essential travel to and from
these states while they meet the travel advisory criteria.
"We are now in a situation where 43 states meet the criteria for our travel advisory. This is really a bizarre outcome, considering New York once had the highest infection rate," Governor Cuomo said. "There is no practical way to quarantine New York from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. There are just too many interchanges, interconnections, and people who live in one place and work in the other. It would have a disastrous effect on the economy, and remember while we're fighting this public health pandemic we're also fighting to open up the economy. However, to the extent travel between the states is not essential, it should be avoided."
