'The CDC urges residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately,' the Atlanta-based agency said on its website Saturday.
Earlier in the day Trump had floated the possibility of quarantining his hometown of New York City.
Some people would like to see New York quarantined because it's a hot spot," Trump told reporters from the White House South Lawn as he departed for Norfolk, Virginia, to see the U.S. Naval ship Comfort depart for New York., who said the restrictions would pit state versus state and were likely illegal.
Already, governors in Texas, Florida, Maryland and South Carolina have ordered people arriving from the tri-state region to
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