Quarantine

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Zoom, Zoom and Zoom. Masks, masks and masks. Sourdough starter and short-order cooking. In these “troubled times,” in our sweat pants and the isolation we endure “out of an abundance of caution,” there isn’t much not to be over as 2020 comes to a longed for halt.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that the recommended quarantine period for people exposed to the coronavirus has been shortened from 14 days to 10 days if they have no symptoms.

New Jersey Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli entered a voluntary quarantine after a staffer from her office tested positive for the coronavirus, a statement from the health department said Saturday. Persichilli and other members of her office will quarantine “out of an abundance of caution” until Dec. 8. Her office said the contact tracing process has begun to notify everyone who…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finalizing plans to shorten the recommended length of quarantine for those exposed to COVID-19, NBC News reports.

Three Giants players tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Friday morning.

Travelers coming into New York will have to provide a negative coronavirus test before they enter the state starting Wednesday if they want to avoid a mandatory two-week quarantine. They’ll also have to take a test four days after arriving. If not, they’ll have to complete the 14-day quarantine. The sweeping new testing policy, which was announced by Gov....

The University of Connecticut is placing an entire residence hall at the Stamford campus under quarantine, school officials said Saturday. There are currently a total of six positive COVID-19 cases in the dorm at 900 Washington Blvd., the university said. Five of the six cases in this residence hall were announced overnight. Three of the six cases were identified through…

New York’s quarantine list, which had most recently restricted travel from 41 U.S. hotspots, is no more. Instead, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says travelers coming into the state must take a coronavirus test before starting travel and again four days after entering the state. As described by the governor, there are two classifications of travelers entering New York: residents who...

Public health officials say the restrictions continue to help limit the spread of the virus, but enforcement has been uneven, with the three states all relying on the honor system for travelers to self-isolate and complete forms

California became the newest addition Tuesday to New York’s quarantine list, which now restricts travel from 41 U.S. hotspots. No areas were removed, an expected result as new cases are rising in practically the entire country. Massachusetts, like New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, now meets the new-cases-per-residents threshold to be including on the quarantine order, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo...

U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 40 U.S. hotspots are on the New York quarantine list, apparently unmoved by Connecticut’s pitch to loosen criteria as it, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, now meet the threshold for inclusion. New York will not move to add either of those three states to its quarantine order; Cuomo has repeatedly said that...

Are they making a difference? New COVID restrictions were imposed in several New York City and Mid-Hudson region neighborhoods last week — the most severe new rules in months for some — to help curb the spread in cluster areas that were seeing soaring positivity rates. Mayor Bill de Blasio said in his daily briefing Tuesday that there were some…

A coronavirus outbreak at the Monmouth University campus has forced hundreds of students into quarantine, school officials said. The university announced on Monday that more than 100 students are in isolation after testing positive while another 200 deemed “high-risk” are in quarantine as a precaution. In all, nearly 300 students have tested positive for the virus, almost 5 percent of…

A coronavirus outbreak at the Monmouth University campus has forced hundreds of students into quarantine. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

UPDATE: NYC Shutdowns in Cluster Zones Start Thursday; Fines Up to $15,000 a Day Apply for Violations New York is ramping up its crackdown on COVID-19 hotspot “clusters,” with new rules that include closures of schools and businesses, bans on mass gatherings and restrictions on restaurants, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. Cuomo announced what he called a “Cluster Action Initiative”…