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By Evelyn Romo |

Floridians will have to quarantine if traveling to New York

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FILE – In this June 17, 2020 file photo, a TSA worker, right, checks a passenger before entering a security screening at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla. A high-ranking Transportation Security Administration official says the agency is falling short when it comes to protecting airport screeners and the public from the new coronavirus, according to published reports. A federal office that handles whistleblower complaints has ordered an investigation. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Roles are switching as the number of coronavirus cases spike in other states other than New York.

Back in March, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an order mandating that travelers arriving in Florida from New York, New Jersey or Connecticut self-isolate for 14 days.

Now, the Gov. of New York announced that anyone traveling to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut from Florida or other high-infection coronavirus states will be required to quarantine for 14 days to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

During a new conference Wednesday with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, Cuomo said the new travel advisor will take effect at midnight.

In addition to Florida, the other states Cuomo named are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and Utah.

Cuomo said the quarantine is not a travel ban, but anyone who violates the quarantine could be subject to civil penalties.

“You violate the quarantine, you will then have to do mandatory quarantine and then you’ll be fined,” he said.