Chicago Covid Travel Ban
Chicago health officials added five states to the citys emergency travel order which now requires residents and travelers to self quarantine for two weeks after arriving from any of 30 states or puerto rico including all of illinois bordering states.
Chicago covid travel ban. Yesterday the city of chicago issued an emergency travel order mandating that visitors from 15 states with increasing numbers of confirmed covid 19 cases will have to quarantine for 14 days or. On thursday july 2 chicago department of public health commissioner allison arwady md issued an emergency travel order directing travelers entering or returning to chicago from states experiencing a surge in new covid 19 cases to quarantine for a 14 day period from the time of last contact within the identified state. 1362 new illinois coronavirus cases as chicago adds four more states to travel quarantine list officials also said the virus has killed 23 more illinoisans including a cook county woman in her 30s. Chicago wls chicagos covid 19 emergency travel order was updated tuesday adding indiana to the list.
This includes both chicago residents returning from travel to a designated state and travelers arriving in chicago from a designated state. Chicagos covid 19 travel restrictions on indiana take effect at 1201 am. The chicago department of public health is not adding or removing any states from its emergency travel order this week after warning last week that michigan could soon be added to the list. This currently includes the following states as of oct.
Chicago wls an emergency order instructing anyone traveling to chicago from 15 states that have seen a surge in covid 19 cases to self quarantine for two weeks went into effect monday. But illinois itself meets the citys criteria to be included on the quarantine list.