Florida Removed From Chicago's Emergency Travel Quarantine List

CHICAGO — City folks are free to travel to the Sunshine State without a tw0-week self-quarantine, public health officials said Tuesday.

Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas, Hawaii and Nevada were all removed from the list of states designated as COVID-19 hotspots for having a weekly average of more than 15 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents.

Utah, which recently met the coronavirus hot-spot threshold, is now included on the list of 16 states requiring two-week self-quarantine after an overnight visit. Those states include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee.

Public health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Wisconsin hasn't been added to the quarantine list, yet. But that could happen next week, she said.

Arwady recommended that Chicagoans avoid traveling to Wisconsin where the rate of coronavirus infection has spiked to its highest level.