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CT Drops 5 States, Adds Guam to Travel Advisory List

There are now 31 locations whose residents must self-quarantine before being allowed out in Connecticut.

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States are put on the advisory list if they have a daily positive coronavirus test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a 10 percent or higher positive rate over a seven-day rolling average.
States are put on the advisory list if they have a daily positive coronavirus test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a 10 percent or higher positive rate over a seven-day rolling average. (Patch graphic)

CONNECTICUT — The governors of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey this week dropped five states from their coronavirus travel advisory list and added a territory.

Guam was added to the list Tuesday. Travelers from that U.S. territory must now self-quarantine for 14 days when entering Connecticut, New York or Jersey.

Two travelers were fined earlier this month after they refused to fill out Connecticut's travel quarantine form. One was fined twice; once for not filling out the travel form and another for not following the 14-day quarantine rule.

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Four Stamford residents were also fined $1,000 each for violating the state's coronavirus travel restrictions. Max Reiss, Lamont's director of communications, said the governor is taking the travel restrictions seriously and will continue to enforce them.

"Governor Ned Lamont is taking the [coronavirus] pandemic seriously, and will continue to take actions he feels are necessary to protect as many Connecticut residents as possible," Reiss said in a statement issued earlier this month. "The travel advisory is for real, and it will be enforced."

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According to NBC Connecticut, the four Stamford residents, whose names were not released, were fined after returning from North Carolina and failing to complete a travel quarantine form. An Old Lyme resident who returned from Texas was also fined.

States are put on the advisory list if they have a daily positive coronavirus test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a 10 percent or higher positive rate over a seven-day rolling average.

As of August 25, the following 31 locations meet these criteria and are included in Connecticut's travel advisory:

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • Iowa
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • Oklahoma
  • Puerto Rico
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Virgin Islands
  • Virginia
  • Wisconsin

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