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Newsom Urges Against Out-of-State Travel, Advises Quarantine for Those Who Do

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said he and the governors of Oregon and Washington have issued travel advisories urging people entering their states or returning from travel outside their states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

A statement from Newsom's office Friday said the advisories urge against nonessential out-of-state travel, ask people to self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving from another state or country and encourage residents to stay local.

On Thursday, California became the second US state to hit the sobering threshold of 1 million COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

"California just surpassed a sobering threshold – 1 million COVID-19 cases – with no signs of the virus slowing down," Newsom wrote. "Increased cases are adding pressure on our hospital systems and threatening the lives of seniors, essential workers and vulnerable Californians."

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said in a social media video Thursday, "If we do not act immediately we will soon reach a breaking point."

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee sounded a similar warning.

"We have to rethink spending time with people from outside our households right now, including Thanksgiving and the December holidays," he wrote on social media. "This is temporary. We will get back to normal. But right now, it is just too dangerous to gather."

-The Associated Press

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