Forget the long quarantine list of New Jersey travel consultants. Just don’t travel if you can avoid it, ”Governor Phil Murphy said on Wednesday.
For months, New Jersey and other states have maintained a list of states they think people should avoid because of the high prevalence of the coronavirus – urging that trips to these states begin a 14-day quarantine for all travelers or returning residents to New Jersey. for. .
But as coroanovirus cases continued to spread across the country, the list grew to include virtually everywhere in the United States. Its criteria – an average of more than 10 days per 100,000 inhabitants over a seven-day period, or a positivity rate of 0% or higher over a seven-day period – cover much of the country, including New Jersey itself.
On Tuesday, 45 states and two U.S. territories were on the list (the Virgin Islands were re-listed that day). Murphy and other public health officials say this does not apply to workers commuting to neighboring states, but urges employers to allow staff to work from home if possible.
In a statement by Murphy on Wednesday, New Jersey “no longer uses the indicators outlined earlier to inform its travel advice.”
“Given the increased risk of COVID-19 spreading to both residents and visitors to the state, New Jersey continues to strongly frustrate all non-essential interstate travel,” he said.
Anyone who arrives from outside the immediate region will be self-quarantined for 14 days, Murphy said – they will arrive in days with more detailed guidance.
The fresh language – from a governor who asked New Jersey to avoid Thanksgiving holidays, or at least keep them small – comes as more than 3 million people were screened at U.S. airports on Fridays and Saturdays, making it the busiest airline ever since. travel weekend. mid-March, writes the Associated Press. But travel has nevertheless plummeted since the same time last year – about 57 per cent less, according to the AP.
