Gov. Andrew Cuomo adds Alaska and Montana to COVID-19 travel advisory

He said Alaska and Montana meet the metrics to qualify for the advisory, and that no areas have been removed.

News 12 Staff

Sep 1, 2020, 3:51 PM

Updated 1,493 days ago

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo adds Alaska and Montana to COVID-19 travel advisory
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that two additional states have been added to New York's COVID-19 travel advisory list. 
 He said Alaska and Montana meet the metrics to qualify for the advisory, and that no areas have been removed. 
The advisory requires people who have traveled to New York from areas with significant COVID-19 community spread to quarantine for 14 days.
The quarantine applies to anyone arriving from an area with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or an area with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average.
Current areas on the advisory list:
· Alaska
· Alabama
· Arkansas
· California
· Florida
· Georgia
· Guam
· Hawaii
· Iowa
· Idaho
· Illinois
· Indiana
· Kansas
· Kentucky
· Louisiana
· Minnesota
· Missouri
· Mississippi
· Montana
· North Carolina
· North Dakota
· Nebraska
· Nevada
· Oklahoma
· Puerto Rico
· South Carolina
· South Dakota
· Tennessee
· Texas
· Utah
· Virginia
· Virgin Islands
· Wisconsin
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont also announced similar travel advisories: