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New York's governor is billing it as a drastic move to stop the spread. If you leave the airport without providing the information you will receive a summons immediately. Starting today officers will meet passengers at New York Airport. Those coming from 22 states designated as COVID-19 hotspots now need to fill out these forms from the Health Department providing contact information or face a $2,000 fine. The state had already imposed a two-week quarantine for those travelers, like L Hathaway of California who's returning to Syracuse University next month. They're trying to figure out a way to work with the governor and figure out like a safe effective way because realistically they know kids are not gonna be able to come back, like two weeks early. But with tens of thousands of people traveling here every day, can this actually be enforced?
Last month Governor Cuomo announced up to a ten thousand dollar fine if a person entered the state without quarantine and spread the virus. So far no fines have been issued in New York City. Months ago Texas imposes its own 14-day quarantine for travelers from the Northeast. But today Texas officials told NBC News they did not cite anyone just conducted random spot checks. Just by the sheer number of people that we would need to enforce this around the clock 24/7. We just don't have that type of staffing. Still after three people returned to Warren County New York from a vacation in Florida and tested positive. 46 residents are now on lockdown and being monitored. We have eight active cases of the coronavirus. If we had 200 active cases it gets a whole lot harder and a whole lot more labor intensive. The governor's office says travelers driving from hot spots must fill out the form online. Again it's not clear how that will be enforced.
