The requirement for out-of-state visitors to quarantine upon arrival to New York will be lifted April 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.
Domestic travelers will no longer be required to quarantine upon arrival to the city, but Cuomo said that “it is still being advised as an added precaution.”
Though the measures show promising signs for a state that was once the epicenter of pandemic infections, all individuals exposed to COVID-19 or returning from travel are instructed to continue daily symptom monitoring for 14 days.
“To beat this virus once and for all, we all must continue doing what we know works to stop the spread, including wearing masks, washing our hands, and practicing social distancing,” Cuomo said.
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Cuomo floated the idea of instituting a 14-day quarantine for out-of-state travelers in June 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19. His plans first targeted travelers from states with spiking infection rates at the time, such as Florida.
The measure for required quarantines later extended to New Jersey and Connecticut when the two states joined New York to require quarantines for those arriving from zones with high rates of infection.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio imposed police checkpoints in August 2020 to ensure residents were abiding by the measures.
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“New Yorkers have shown strength and perseverance throughout this entire pandemic, and it shows through the numbers that continue to decrease every day,” Cuomo said. “As we work to build our vaccination infrastructure even further and get more shots in arms, we’re making significant progress in winning the footrace between the infection rate and the vaccination rate, allowing us to open new sectors of our economy and start our transition to a new normal in a post-pandemic world.”
