New York, New Jersey, Connecticut require quarantine for visitors from states with high COVID rates

The governors announced anyone who enters the three states from states with a high COVID-19 infection rate will be subject to a 14-day quarantine.

LET'S BRING YOU UP-TO-SPEED NOW ONBIG DEVELOPMENTS INNEW YORK'S FIGHTAGAINST COVID-19.AS OF TODAY --ANYONE TRAVELINGHERE FROM NINESTATES MUSTSELF-QUARANTINEFOR TWO WEEKS.ALABAMA..ARKANSAS..

ARIZONA..FLORIDA... NORTHCAROLINA,SOUTH CAROLINA, THESTATE OFWASHINGTON, UTAHAND TEXAS ARE ALLSTATES WITH HIGHCOVID-19 INFECTIONRATES.

AND THE LISTCOULD CHANGE DAY-BY-DAY.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER TAYLOREPPS HAS MORE.IT'S A VERY UNCERTAINTIME FORTRAVEL...BUT THATISN'T STOPPINGJORDAN NEVES ANDSAEGE LASHER..JORDAN "WE STARTEDOUT NEAR ALBANY ANDWE'RE TRAVELINGMORE TOWARD THEWEST RIGHT NOW.SHE'S NEVER BEEN TONIAGARA FALLS SOTHIS IS THE FIRST REALSTEP OF OURJOURNEY."THEY'RE TAKING ACROSS-COUNTRY BUSTRIP OUT WEST TOENJOY THE GREATOUTDOORS.SAEGE "UTAH,COLORADO,WYOMING.."BUT ANANNOUNCEMENTFROM GOVERNORANDREW CUOMOWEDNESDAY MORNINGMIGHT THROW AWRENCH IN THEIRPLANS.CUOMO "WE'REANNOUNCING TODAY AJOINT TRAVELADVISORY.

PEOPLECOMING IN FROMSTATES THAT HAVE AHIGH INFECTION RATEMUST QUARANTINEFOR 14 DAYS."IT'S BASED ONINFECTION RATES INEACH STATE.CUOMO "ALABAMA,ARKANSAS, AZ, FL, NC,SC, WA, UT, TX.

THAT'SAS OF TODAY, THESTATES THEMSELVESCAN CHANGE AS THEINFECTION RATECHANGES."AND MANY OF THESTATES WITHINCREASING CASESARE RIGHT ALONGNEVES AND LASHER'SROUTE.JORDAN AND SAEGE"AND WE WEREORIGINALLY HOPING TOGO UP INTO CANADA.SO WE'RE NOTEXACTLY SURE WHAT'SNEXT."THIS CHANGE LEADSTO MANY QUESTIONS...WHAT DOES THISMEAN FOR TOURISM?PERCY "PEOPLE DO OFCOURSE WANT TO SEENIAGARA FALLS, OURACTIONS ARE TOTARGET PEOPLE THATWILL COME BY CAR."AND THE BIGQUESTION..

HOWDOES THIS GETENFORCED?CUOMO "EACH STATEWILL DO IT'S OWNENFORCEMENTMECHANISM.

IN NEWYORK IT'S A TRAVELADVISORY."YOU COULD BEQUESTIONED ATHOTELS AND BYPOLICE OFFICERS.BUT THIS DOESN'TSTOP PEOPLE FROMCOMING IN OR GOINGOUT.CUOMO "QUARANTINEDOESN'T STOP PEOPLE.A STATE CAN SAY AS AMATTER OF PUBLICHEALTH, IF YOU COMEINTO MY STATE FROMANOTHER STATE YOUMUST QUARANTINE."AND WHAT IF YOUVIOLATE THEQUARANTINE?CUOMO "YOU CAN BESUBJECT TO A JUDICIALORDER ANDMANDATORYQUARANTINE.

THEREARE ALSO FINES.

$2,000FOR THE FIRST, $5,000FOR THE SECOND.

UPTO $10,000 IF YOUCAUSE HARM."SEVERAL OTHERSTATES HAVE TAKENSIMILARPRECAUTIONS..BUTTHIS TRAVELING DUOIS WILLING TO TAKETHE CHANCE.SAEGE "IT'S NOTSTOPPING US FR