CDC travel advisory issued for New York and two other states

On Saturday, March 28, President Donald Trump hinted during an afternoon press conference that he might try to create an enforceable quarantine mandate for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to prevent the continued spread of COVID-19 from those regions. His statement came after complaints from Florida and Rhode Island about New York residents unnecessarily traveling to those states to escape the outbreak.

Later that evening, President Trump reversed course after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized the plan publicly during his daily news conference and in a separate interview with CNN: Governor Cuomo stated that he felt that any federal action to quarantine a state without coordination with the state’s governor would be illegal, “paralyze the financial sector,” and essentially amount to a “declaration of war on states.”

By 8:19 p.m., President Trump announced via Twitter that, after taking the matter under advisement from the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the governors of each state, he had decided to ask the CDC to issue a Travel Advisory instead. Employees of companies that provide essential services like food supply and public health aren’t required to follow the advisory while at work. All residents otherwise have been advised to cancel non-essential travel for two weeks. The CDC provided a series of questions and answers on the Travel Advisory webpage to help residents of each state to determine if their travel is a necessity. Each governor has full control over how to enforce the CDC’s recommendation.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/politics/trump-new-york-new-jersey-quarantine-coronavirus/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/travel-in-the-us.html