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• The governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued a joint coronavirus travel advisory on Friday urging people arriving to their states to self-quarantine for 14 days. 
• The West Coast states also advised people to avoid non-essential out-of-state travel. 
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that traveling can increase someone’s chance of spreading and becoming infected with the coronavirus.

The governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued a joint coronavirus travel advisory on Friday urging people arriving to their states to self-quarantine for 14 days and asking residents to avoid all non-essential out-of-state trips.

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By Bruce Haring

Even as Disney World reopens and the Florida state government was being pushed to host in-person classes for the fall school semester, the Sunshine State is setting new records for COVID-19 cases.

The Florida Department of Health reported 15,299 new coronavirus cases Sunday. That’s the highest total for any state since the pandemic started. Florida holds the dubious record for second-highest as well, coming in with 11, 434 new cases on July 4, per Johns Hopkins University.Florida’s test positivity rate is a whopping 19.60%, Johns Hopkins said.Florida Rep. Donna Shalala said the virus is “out of control,” and said it’s likely a second economic shutdown looms.

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 Ryan Beene and Ari Natter

Venturing out of a hotel room in Hawaii right now might land you in handcuffs.

Just ask one of the roughly 20 people who’ve been arrested for violating Governor David Ige’s two-week quarantine imposed on all who arrive in the state or travel between its islands.

Hundreds more have been arrested or issued citations for violating other aspects of the state’s emergency orders to combat the coronavirus, which are among the nation’s strictest and have helped to drive down the rate of infection to the second lowest in the country.

State parks and Hawaii’s famous beaches have been closed. Hotels are issuing single-use keys, forcing quarantined guests who leave their rooms to go to the front desk and explain why. Airlines have been encouraged to suspend incoming flights. The state’s visitors bureau has asked media organizations to “refrain from publishing any stories about Hawaii that might encourage people to travel to the islands.”

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March 29, 2020, 7:53 AM CDT / Updated March 29, 2020, 12:15 PM CDTBy Yuliya Talmazan, Lidia Sirna and Hernan Muñoz Ratto

People in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were urged to “refrain from non-essential domestic travel” for the next two weeks by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the number of people killed by the coronavirus pandemic around the world surpassed 30,000….NBC News

DELTA, UNITED, AND OTHER AIRLINES SENDING THEIR LARGEST PLANES TO THE DESERT FOR STORAGE AS THEY DRASTICALLY REDUCE OPERATIONS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS- Yahoo

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• Pinal Air Park in Arizona is best known for being an aircraft boneyard where aging aircraft are stored and scrapped for parts.
• Iconic airliners from yesteryear including the Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 line the taxiways and parking areas of the isolated airfield. 
• Delta Air Lines, among others, are now turning to the airfield for storage as the novel coronavirus con…..

Back in business, China’s online travel sites Qunar, Ctrip expect a surge in domestic tourism amid global shutdown

• Ctrip started selling travel packages and attraction tickets last week as the country accelerated the pace of reopening parks and tourist spots
• Analysys is forecasting that the proportion of domestic tourism will increase to 60 per cent from 47 per cent last year

State Department warns Americans: Don’t travel abroad, come home if overseas

By DAN DIAMOND, NAHAL TOOSI and SAM MINTZ

03/19/2020 10:46 AM EDT

Updated: 03/19/2020 04:55 PM EDT

The State Department on Thursday issued an extraordinary advisory urging Americans not to travel overseas and to return to the United States if they can, a move that comes amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

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