CT Holds Tight On Coronavirus Travel As CDC Loosens Regulations

CONNECTICUT — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased up on its recommendation for a 14-day quarantine for interstate travelers, but Connecticut is holding firm.

Health officials say the initial recommendation for a 2-week quarantine was based on the incubation period of the virus, but the CDC's intention now is to gain better compliance with quarantining and contact tracing activities. It has changed its quarantine guidance for travelers from 14 to 10 days, or seven days if a viral test after arrival comes back negative.

In Connecticut, no such slack is being cut. The state continues to direct incoming travelers from states and territories with a significant community spread of COVID-19 to self-quarantine for 14 days.

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In accordance with Governor Lamont's Executive Order No. 9I, anyone traveling into Connecticut from a state, other than New York, New Jersey, or Rhode Island, with a positive case rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents, or higher than a 10 percent test positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average, or from a country for which the CDC has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice, is directed to self-quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state or country. Travelers must complete a travel health form or risk a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation.

The requirement to self-quarantine and complete the form is applicable to any traveler who has spent 24 hours or longer in an affected state or an affected country within 14 days prior to arriving in Connecticut but does not include anyone remaining in Connecticut for less than twenty-four 24 hours. These requirements are also applicable to Connecticut residents who are returning from a visit to an affected state or an affected country.

Connecticut is not in a hurry to loosen anything coronavirus-related in the near future. The state reported a staggering 8.65 percent positive coronavirus test rate Tuesday — the highest daily number since widespread testing began in the state. The state also reported another 2,414 coronavirus cases the same day, along with another 18 coronavirus-associated deaths.

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The state updates its list of affected states and territories every Tuesday, but there has been no change to the roster for the past two weeks.

Here is the current list of states and territories included on the Connecticut's travel advisory: