NY to Require Visitors From Coronavirus Hot Spots to Provide Contact Information or Pay a Fine

New York State is implementing a new policy to help ensure the state does not see a resurgence of the coronavirus.

In a tweet on Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said, “ is issuing an emergency health order: Out-of-state travelers from designated high-COVID states must provide their contact information upon arrival.”

“If you fail to provide it, you will receive a summons with a $2K fine. We’re serious about enforcing quarantine,” he added.

The new requirement comes after New York City reported its first day in months without a coronavirus death.

It also came after Florida shattered its record for the number of daily new coronavirus cases. On Sunday, officials in that state record 15,000 new cases.

As the spread of coronavirus accelerated around the country, New York instituted a new quarantine policy for visitors from states with high infection rates, as IJR reported. 

“All individuals traveling from states with significant community spread of COVID into NY, NJ, or CT must quarantine for 14 days. This travel advisory is effective midnight tonight,” Cuomo tweeted on June 24.

“None of this is pleasant, but we’ve gone through this before,” Cuomo said, adding, “We can’t be in a situation where we have people coming from other states bringing the virus again. It is that simple.”

Currently, New York’s quarantine list includes Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

Visitors from those 19 states will now be required to fill out a form with their contact information, where they arrived from, and where they plan to go.

Cuomo said airlines would distribute the forms to passengers.