With Thanksgiving approaching and many Americans preparing to visit family over the holidays, here is a list of COVID-19 Travel restrictions set by each state in the country.
While the state of California has recommended that residents who travel outside of the state quarantine for 14 days after arrival in the state, not all states require the same level of caution while traveling over the holiday season.
On Thursday, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommended all Americans do not travel over the Thanksgiving holiday amid a surge in cases.
See Related: CDC Recommends Against Thanksgiving Travel Amid Surge In COVID-19 Cases
Alabama – Travel is not restricted by the state. Masks are required when people are within six feet of people outside of their household, with some exceptions.
Alaska – COVID-19 test and mandatory quarantine. According to Alaska’s COVID-19 travel webpage, anyone entering Alaska who is not a resident of the state must submit a travel declaration and self-isolation plan here. Upon arrival, travelers must present proof of a negative coronavirus test or, if travelling for work, follow the plan that the employer filed with Alaska. If neither of these options are used, the traveler must purchase a $250 COVID-19 test upon arrival in the state and self-quarantine until results are available.
Arizona – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Arkansas – Travel is not restricted by the state.
California – Recommended 14-day quarantine for returning residents and arriving non-residents.
Colorado – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Connecticut – As of Nov. 17, travelers coming directly from California must fill out a travel health form upon arrival and self-quarantine in Connecticut for 14 days. Anyone travelling to Connecticut from a state with a test positivity rate higher than 10 percent or 10 out of 100,000 people on average in the past week must self-quarantine and complete the travel health form. Arrivals from New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island are exempt. Affected states can be found here in a list that is updated every Tuesday.
Delaware – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Florida – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Georgia – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Hawaii – Mandatory 14-day quarantine or pre-travel testing program. Anyone travelling to Hawaii from out-of-state must either quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or complete the state’s pre-travel testing program, in which travelers five years old and older must test negative for the coronavirus using a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory no more than 72 hours from the last leg of travel.
Idaho – Travel is not restricted by the state, but the state recommends following CDC guidelines on travel.
Illinois – Travel is not restricted by the state, but Chicago is requiring Californians to either quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or present a negative test result from a test taken within 72 hours before arrival. Chicago has sorted states into colored categories, with an updated map available here. Red states are states with transmission rates above Chicago’s average daily cases per 100,000 residents. People travelling from these states are required to quarantine for 14 days. Orange states include California, and have anywhere from 15 cases per 100,000 residents to Chicago’s average daily cases per 100,000 residents. Travelers from orange states must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or produce a negative test result taken within 72 hours prior to arrival in Chicago. Yellow states have zero to 15 cases per 100,000 residents. Travelers from yellow states do not need to quarantine or take a COVID test before arrival.
Indiana – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Iowa – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Kansas – Specific travellers must quarantine for 14 days after arrival in Kansas, including those who have attended gatherings of 500 or more people out of state where masking and physical distancing were not enforced. Other travellers who must quarantine for 14 days include those travelling to or from South Dakota, Belgium or Czechia between Nov. 4 and Nov. 17, those travelling to or from North Dakota or the country of Andorra between Oct. 21 and Nov. 17, and those who have been on a cruise ship or river cruise on or after March 17. Additionally, those who have been notified by public health officials that they have been in close contact with a person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 are subject to the mandated quarantine.
Kentucky – Recommended 14-day quarantine that does not currently apply to travelers from California. Kentucky recommends anyone visiting from any state with a positive coronavirus testing rate of 15 percent or higher quarantine for 14 days after arrival. California currently has a 5.0 percent positivity rate, so travelers from the state are exempt.
Louisiana – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Maine – Mandatory 14-day quarantine or negative COVID test. With the exception of travellers from Vermont and New Hampshire, all travelers who arrive in Maine must either quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or receive a negative result from a test taken within 72 hours before arrival in the state.
Maryland – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Massachusetts – Mandatory 14-day quarantine or COVID-19 test. With the exception of low-risk states and some other travelers listed here, which do not currently include California, all travelers entering Massachusetts must fill out a travel form and either quarantine for 14 days or produce a negative COVID-19 test result from a test taken up to 72 hours before arrival in the state.
Michigan – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Minnesota – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Mississippi – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Missouri – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Montana – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Nebraska – Travel is not restricted by the state, but self-quarantine is recommended for those who have been known to be exposed to a person with a COVID-19 infection.
Nevada – Travel is not restricted by the state.
New Hampshire – Mandatory 14-day quarantine. With the exception of travelers from Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or Rhode Island, visitors to New Hampshire must self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in New Hampshire.
New Jersey – Recommended 14-day quarantine for impacted states, including California. Travellers coming from impacted states, listed here, should quarantine for 14 days after leaving the impacted state. Impacted states have an average number of new daily cases higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a period of seven days or have a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over seven days.
New Mexico – Mandatory 14-day quarantine. With the exception of Vermont, all travelers from out of state must self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in New Mexico or for the duration of their stay in the state.
New York – Mandatory 14-day quarantine or a negative COVID-19 test with three-day quarantine. With the exception of those traveling from a surrounding state, travelers to New York who have been out of state for more than 24 hours must complete a traveler form. Additionally, they must either quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or test out of the quarantine. Travelers can test out by testing negative for COVID within three days of departing to New York, quarantining for three days upon arrival, then testing negative again on the fourth day of their quarantine.
North Carolina – Travel is not restricted by the state.
North Dakota – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Ohio – Recommended 14-day quarantine for states with high positive testing rates. Travelers traveling to Ohio from states with positive testing rates of 15 percent or higher are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. With a 5.0 percent positivity rate as of Thursday, California is exempt from the recommendation.
Oklahoma – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Oregon – Recommended 14-day quarantine. All people arriving from states outside of Oregon are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days following their arrival in the state.
Pennsylvania – Mandatory 14-day quarantine or COVID test within 72 hours of arriving.
Rhode Island – Mandatory 14 day quarantine or COVID test along with paperwork from the Rhode Island Department of Health, which requires out-of-state visitors to complete a certificate of compliance with out-of-state travel quarantine/testing requirements. Travelers will be required to provide their completed certificate of compliance to their lodging and accommodations upon check-in.
South Carolina – Travel is not restricted by the state.
South Dakota – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Tennessee – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Texas – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Utah – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Vermont – Mandatory 14-day quarantine for all travelers, or 7-day quarantine with a negative COVID-19 test. Travelers must stay in their quarantine location for the duration of quarantine other than to travel to and from a test site.
Virginia – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Washington D.C. – Recommended if travelling from a place w/more than 10 cases per 100,000 to get tested 72 hours or less before travelling to DC. Get tested again if there for more than 3 days. (confirm)
Washington – Recommended 14-day quarantine for non-essential interstate and international travel
West Virginia – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Wisconsin – Travel is not restricted by the state.
Wyoming – Travel is not restricted by the state.
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