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Travelers From Wyoming, Other States Required To Quarantine In Nine States
Wyoming residents visiting 15 states and Washington, D.C. are being asked to keep to themselves for two weeks.
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By Jim Angell, Cowboy State Daily
Wyoming residents visiting 15 states and Washington, D.C. are being asked to keep to themselves for two weeks.
But don’t take it personally. Wyoming is in good company, sharing the distinction with many other states that have a relatively high number of coronavirus cases.
For instance, Connecticut is requiring that visitors from 36 states quarantine for 14 days after their arrival. Maine’s list is longer, covering 44 states including Wyoming.
Nine states require visitors from selected other states to quarantine for 14 days: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, Hawaii, and Alaska.
The number of states identified as a high-risk range from 34 in Rhode Island to Maine’s 44. Washington, D.C. is requiring visitors from 39 states to quarantine.
Vermont’s rules do not apply to visitors from specific states. Instead, its quarantine rules apply to anyone from a state with more than 400 active cases per 1 million residents. As of Monday, Wyoming had 2,458 active coronavirus cases, about 4,220 cases per 1 million.
Alaska and Hawaii have both adopted quarantine requirements that cover visitors from every other state in the nation.
A number of other states are just asking visitors from some states to stay off the streets for 14 days. Those include Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Kentucky is asking those from Wyoming and 10 other states to self-quarantine, New Hampshire’s request applies to anyone coming from states outside of New England. Visitors to New Jersey from Wyoming and 35 other states are asked to keep to themselves, while Pennsylvania identifies visitors from 25 states including Wyoming as candidates for quarantine.
But those looking for an option to staying locked inside a motel room do have an out — some of the states will accept a negative result from a coronavirus test taken with 72 hours of arrival within their borders as proof that the traveler is not contagious.
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Jack Smith
October 21, 2020 at 1:30 am
Stupidity! Covid is everywhere now. It is serious yet over exxagerated. It will never go away. What happened with the big fear that health systems would be overwhelmed? Has not happened. Most Covid victims go to no hospital. Cheers!
Bud
October 21, 2020 at 8:24 pm
We are overwhelmed in Kansas City, had to close hospitals ER’s on Wed. Because too many Covid patients in the ICU
Martha
October 22, 2020 at 8:05 am
Over exaggerated excuse me but you need help on reality!
Jaaon
October 21, 2020 at 8:48 am
What a sham! This will be magically over after the election.
Karl
October 21, 2020 at 5:48 pm
NOT IF BIDEN WINS….PERISH THE THOUGHT!!!!!
Mark Stone
October 21, 2020 at 11:27 am
Kentucky is asking folks travelling from Wyoming to quarantine. The last time I checked Wyoming had 57 COVID deaths and KY had over 1100. That makes a lot of sense. 57 vs 1100+. Idiot Governor.
Mike
October 21, 2020 at 9:17 pm
You make ZERO sense with an unrealistic comparison. Kentucky has a vastly bigger population. The per capita (sorry to use terms you do not understand) rate is the real indicator.
terry norris
October 22, 2020 at 8:25 am
is this mark stone from Lexington tennessee
Paul E Marriott
October 21, 2020 at 4:49 pm
well if you got the cool bed then you’re going to die in the two weeks that you’re in the motel room why don’t they just test you instead of saying oh well sit in this room and if you don’t die then you’re all good
John
October 22, 2020 at 6:41 am
Such a stupid thing. Literally nobody can enforce this. Dumb article, dumb concept. Covid is a complete political scam.
Scott
October 22, 2020 at 8:26 am
I caught covid from outta state hunters not quarantining them self but instead going in and outta our stores like it’s nothing and guess what I live in Wyoming and have not been in close contact with anyone… I was told by the state I could have caught it off of money…
Ray
October 22, 2020 at 9:13 am
Why don’t they close the Mexican border?
Canada has closed the border with the United States for months.
Margie Stillwell
October 22, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Boy , you in Wyoming are seriously ignorant of this deadly virous and will probably die
eventually if you don’t practice the rules to stay safe. But you a state that supports the corrupt mad man and his offspring that are the living ANTI CHRIST. I lived in Wy many years and I so sorry you take his view. There will be a civil war I think.