Trump To Work With Governors to Forgo State Quarantines in Lieu of 'Strong Travel Advisories'

Earlier, President Trump floated the idea of a “quarantine of developing ‘hot spots’, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.” Governor Cuomo of New York responded in an interview that it would be a “declaration of war with states.” Now the President has made a decision.

On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I have asked the @CDCgov to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the Federal Government. A quarantine will not be necessary. Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you!

….Federal Government. A quarantine will not be necessary. Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020

While it is unclear yet what that means exactly, in Alaska, such an advisory was issued recently by the DHSS.

The State of Alaska and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services acknowledge the importance of suspending all non-essential travel across the Alaska border as well as minimizing intrastate travel to avoid introducing new COVID-19 cases into Alaska from out of state, and slow the spread of the virus in state.