Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio
New York City will put up COVID-19 quarantine checkpoints at key entry points to ensure that incoming travellers from 35 states with outbreaks comply with the state's 14-day quarantine mandate.
Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio announced the measure on Wednesday.
While cases are down five per cent nationally, they soared last week in Oklahoma, Montana, Missouri and 17 other states.
On average, 1,000 people are dying each day nationwide from COVID-19.
The U.S. death toll is now over 157,000 with 4.8 million known cases.
Mayor de Blasio said under certain circumstances, fines for not observing the quarantine order could be as high as $10,000.
The Sheriff's Office, in coordination with other law enforcement agencies, will begin deploying checkpoints Wednesday at major bridge and tunnel crossings into New York City.
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