Starting Saturday, people coming to the state from Massachusetts Vermont will be asked to stay in isolation for two weeks, The Department of Public Health has announced.
It leaves Hawaii as the only state where Massachusetts considers low risk for isolated travel.
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The change takes effect after midnight on Saturday. Passengers who do not meet one of the exceptions must be isolated for two weeks or show that they tested negative for COVID-19 within three days of arriving in Massachusetts.
To be included in the list of low-risk states for travel to Massachusetts, the state must have an average of less than 10 cases per 100,000 people.
Passengers from states that are not on the low risk list must fill out Massachusetts Travel Form And isolation for 14 days as per state guidelines. Includes anyone who comes from one of the low-risk states, but is “at high risk over the last 14 days”.
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There are some exceptions, including those traveling to high-risk states or traveling to school. See Full order, including exceptions, here.
Last week, New Hampshire and Maine were removed from the list of low-risk states, Adding to the isolated requirement for travelers from those states. They joined New York, Washington State, Washington, DC, Connecticut, New Jersey and California as states were removed from the list last month.
As cases of the corona virus increase, Massachusetts has removed two nearby states from its low-risk travel list.
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