TALLAHASSEE — Florida will set up street checkpoints along the Panhandle border to direct motorists who have been to Louisiana to quarantine, escalating efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis to keep guests from coronavirus "scorching spots" from spreading the illness in his state.
The Florida Freeway Patrol will set up checkpoints on roadways crossing the Alabama state line. Guests from Louisiana will probably be advised to isolate for 14 days and will probably be required to tell troopers the place they plan to stay. That info might be relayed to local authorities.
“All we’re making an attempt to do is maintain our residents right here protected," DeSantis informed reporters Friday. “If they’re telling you to shelter in place, then do this. However don’t come right here, because we’re making an attempt to guard our people.”
As state leaders undertake a patchwork of defenses to battle the coronavirus, President Donald Trump on Thursday stated he would difficulty guidance for a targeted county-by-county strategy. At the least two different states, including Texas and Rhode island, this week followed Florida's result in discourage guests and isolate vacationers from places the place the virus is spreading rapidly.
“That basically exhibits that Florida led the best way on doing it in a means that made sense for all of our communities to be able to win this battle," DeSantis stated.
The motorist restrictions increase on an government order DeSantis signed Monday that requires guests from the larger New York area to quarantine for 2 weeks. About 3,400 individuals have been screened beneath the original order thus far, DeSantis informed reporters.
New Orleans is about 200 miles west of Pensacola, which sits near the Alabama state line. The two states are separated principally by the Perdido River, which may be crossed by Interstate 10, U.S. Route 90, and Previous Pensacola Street.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards stated he understood why different governors may impose restrictions on individuals coming from his state given the speedy surge in instances.
“I am encouraging individuals from Louisiana to remain house,” Edwards advised reporters Friday. “I feel that it ought to be a small variety of people who find themselves on the street going into Texas or going into Florida. I acquired my arms full here with responding to this crisis and I’m not going to second guess or criticize what other governors are doing or not doing.”
DeSantis stated the brand new checkpoints can be positioned on main thoroughfares. The street checkpoints will not apply to business visitors, DeSantis stated.
“It is whatever can be the primary thoroughfares to return in from other elements of the Gulf Coast,” he stated.
The governor additionally ordered vacation leases to shut down for the subsequent two weeks to discourage guests arriving from scorching spots such as New York and New Orleans.
Airbnb spokesperson Sam Randall stated his firm has not yet seen the DeSantis order.
No less than 34 individuals in Florida have died from the virus and a couple of,765 have examined constructive, in response to data from the state Division of Well being.
Roughly half of individuals in Florida who examined constructive for the virus are in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, prompting DeSantis to crack down on individuals touring to those areas from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. In New York City, 25,573 individuals have examined constructive, in accordance with a Friday report by the New York Metropolis Division of Well being and Psychological Hygiene.
Louisiana has reported 2,746 people who examined constructive for the virus; 1,170 of them are in larger New Orleans, in line with a Louisiana Department of Health website.
Gary Fineout contributed to this report.
Src: Florida expands quarantine to visitors from Louisiana
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