New York Adds Minnesota To Quarantine Travel Advisory

NEW YORK — Minnesotans hoping to travel to New York will have to quarantine for two weeks once they get there. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Ohio now have significant community spread of the coronavirus and meet the New York's metrics to qualify for the advisory.

On Monday, a total of 499 new cases and eight deaths from coronavirus were reported in Minnesota.

Under the order, the quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive coronavirus test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average, or a state with at least a 10 percent positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average.

Cuomo on Monday said a travel enforcement operation will begin at airports to ensure travelers are adhering to the quarantine restrictions.

"I cannot be more clear: Look at what's happening in the rest of the country — if we are not smart, if we don't wear masks and socially distance, cases will spike," Cuomo said, as reported by New York Patch. "No one wants to go back to the hell we experienced three months ago, so please stay vigilant."

Below is the updated list of states on the travel advisory:

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Arizona
• California
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Idaho
• Kansas
• Louisiana
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• New Mexico
• Nevada
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Wisconsin

Daniel Hampton, Patch Staff, contributed to this report