New York State is now quarantining visitors to 16 US states where the pandemic is mounting, double the number of states compared to last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.
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" We now have 16 states that meet the quarantine criteria (...), 16 states are now subject to quarantine in New York, " said the governor.
Andrew Cuomo announced last week a first quarantine list applied to eight states in the South and West of the United States, including Florida and Texas. The new list also includes California, the most populous state in the country; and the 16 states concerned represent a total population equivalent to almost half of the American population.