With the purpose of checking the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in the state, Pennsylvania is instituting quarantine recommendations for residents who travel to areas with increasing levels of COVID-19.
Officials said if you have traveled, or plan to travel, to an area where there are high amounts of COVID-19 cases, it is recommended that you stay at home for 14 days upon return to Pennsylvania.
Gov. Tom Wolf said in a news release that if you travel to the following states, you will need to quarantine upon return: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina Tennessee, Texas and Utah.
The governor’s recommendation is similar to the policy announced Wednesday in Philadelphia, where city officials told residents who travel to 15 states that they should quarantine upon return. The key difference is that the state includes Idaho on its list, whereas Philadelphia has Iowa on its list.
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After a, downward trend in Pennsylvania, coronavirus is now rising again. Cases started to grow in late June. The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Friday 667 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 88, 741. There are 6,746 total deaths attributed to the pandemic.
Governor Tom Wolf and the state health department are urging residents to do their part to “flatten the curve” a second time.
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