Jacksonville, FL — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order earlier this week that requires anyone flying to Florida from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey to self-isolate for 14 days.
Now, the Nassau County Board of Commissioners has finalized an order that requires anyone driving from N.Y., N.J. and C.T. to self-isolate for 14 days and let the health department and hotels know before they arrive.
Action News Jax was at the Florida Welcome Center in Nassau County just south of the Fla.-Ga. and found several license plates from N.Y. and N.J.
“I think it’s a good idea,” said Trina Hebert, who recently helped her brother escape the COVID-19 outbreak in N.Y. “It’s the only way we’re going to end this. It’s the only way it’s going to stop.”
The restrictions will apply retroactively to people who arrived in Nassau from Monday, March 23 through today.
Nassau County leaders finalized an executive order that requires people from NY, CT and NJ who drive to Nassau County, or use another other method of transportation, to self-isolate for 14 days. pic.twitter.com/wBP30NmarU
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) March 27, 2020
According to the executive order, people from the New York Tri-State area have recently traveled to Nassau County by automobile and through the Fernandina Beach Airport.
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) March 27, 2020
The executive order requires hotels and lodging establishments that are subject to the local tourist development tax to report the names of people from the Tri-State area staying there to the health department.
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) March 27, 2020