Connecticut Adds More States To Travel Quarantine List

CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont has expanded the state's coronavirus travel advisory to include Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Puerto Rico, and Washington DC.

Lamont joins the governors of New York and New Jersey in broadening the scope of the areas affected.

Anyone traveling to Connecticut from locations with significant community spread of COVID-19 must self-quarantine for 14 days. Last week Lamont signed an executive order that will subject visitors who violate the state's coronavirus travel advisory to a $1,000 fine. Travelers are required to fill out an online form before traveling to the state. Those who refuse to fill out the form can be fined.

States are put on the advisory list if they have a daily positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a 10 percent or high positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. The states on the list as of July 28 include:

As of July 28, the following 36 locations were listed in the state's travel advisory:

• Alaska
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Arizona
• California
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• Montana
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• Nevada
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Puerto Rico
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• Washington
• Washington, D.C.
• Wisconsin

There are exceptions for essential workers on work-related travel and the rules don't apply to travelers who have a connecting flight from an impacted state, so long as their state of origin isn't on the advisory list.

The state Department of Public Health expects the list will continue to be updated on a weekly basis as the situation develops across the country.