people arriving in New Jersey should enter a 14-day quarantine – Telemundo New York (47)

What you should know

• The Governor of the Garden State announced Wednesday that all persons entering the state should enter a voluntary 14-day quarantine following the period recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, for its acronym in English).
• As of November 25, New Jersey will no longer use the metrics described above to report its travel advisory.
• People from the states of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware will not have to undergo this quarantine due to the continuous travel that takes place between these neighboring states. However, the governor insists that interstate travel should not be made if it is not necessary.

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NEW JERSEY – The Garden State governor announced Wednesday that all persons entering the state should enter a voluntary 14-day quarantine following the period recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). English).

As of November 25, New Jersey will no longer use the metrics described above to report its travel advisory.

People should be quarantined either in their own home, in a hotel or in temporary accommodation. People from the states of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware will not have to undergo this quarantine due to the continuous travel that takes place between these neighboring states. However, the governor insists that interstate travel should not be made if it is not necessary.

“We will no longer use the metrics described above to report our travel advisory. All non-essential interstate travel is strongly discouraged. People should continue to follow current state guidance until a new policy is issued, ”the governor wrote.

The governor said the Department of Health will release more information on travel precautions in the coming days and “people should continue to adhere to current state guidance until a new policy is issued.”

The current New Jersey travel guide refers to the 14-day quarantine, and is recommended for people traveling to or returning to New Jersey from states with increasing rates of COVID-19.

The quarantine is voluntary, but compliance is expected.

The State asks you to complete a voluntary online survey to provide information about where you are traveling from and where you are going if you have traveled to or from states outside of the immediate region (New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware). If the person chooses to provide this information, it will be shared with local New Jersey public health authorities. Local health departments will contact the person to remind them to self-quarantine and offer assistance, including information on test locations.

For information on the New Jersey travel guide and the survey visit this page.

The report comes after concerns about an alarming increase in cases in recent weeks. On Wednesday the governor reported 4,037 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the state so far to 317,905 cases. In addition, 50 people lost their lives, in the state a total of 15,507 people have died from COVID-19.