NEW YORK - New York City will put up Covid-19 quarantine checkpoints at key entry points to ensure that travellers from 35 states on New York state's travel advisory comply with the state's 14-day quarantine mandate, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday .
He added that, under certain circumstances, fines for not observing the quarantine order could be as high as US$10,000 . "This is serious stuff and it's time for everyone to realise that if we're going to hold at this level of health and safety in this city, and get better, we have to deal with the fact that the quarantine must be applied consistently to anyone who's travelled," de Blasio said.
In Illinois, where Covid-19 cases have risen for six weeks in a row, Chicago Public Schools will start the new academic year conducting all classes remotely, school officials said on Wednesday.