Travelling from Texas to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut? Get ready to get quarantined for 14 days, as travel guidelines get stringent

Texans travelling to New York, Connecticut or New Jersey will have to quarantine for 14 days under travel restrictions announced by governors in those states. The governors put the restrictions in place to prevent a new wave of coronavirus-infected visitors arriving from states where there has been a sharp uptick in cases following the reopening of businesses, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues.

Texas is one of nine states with infection rates high enough to fit into the required quarantine category, but other states could be added if rates increase, Dallas News has reported.

”We now have to make sure the rates continue to drop,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. “We also have to make sure the virus doesn’t come on a plane again.”

The quarantine programme takes effect from Thursday. As of Wednesday, states exceeding the infection rate threshold were Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington, the Dallas News report said.

The governors’ crackdown comes at the peak of summer travel season, during which in normal years places like New York would be flooded with tourists visiting stores, restaurants and landmarks. An estimated 67 million tourists visited New York City last year.

Fort Worth-based American Airlines flies eight daily flights into the region from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. Five flights go daily from DFW to New York’s Laguardia International Airport, and there are two daily flights from DFW to Newark International Airport and one to Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Connecticut. 

On peak days Southwest Airlines flies five flights into the region from Dallas Love Field to LaGuardia. From LaGuardia, Dallas-based Southwest serves 12 destinations with direct flights. American Airlines isn’t changing flight schedules yet.