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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">New York City&nbsp;</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">In New York City, checkpoints at bridges, tunnels and other keys crossings will have cops out 'in force' to inform travelers of the state's quarantine requirements.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Travelers into New York are required to have a negative test before arriving and then again four days into their trip; if that's negative, they can stop quarantining.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The rules don't apply to neighboring states and New Yorkers who are out-of-state for less than 24 hours only need to take a coronavirus test within four days of returning to the state.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Test and trace tests will also be out in the city to help travelers with the rules, authorities said.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Those who violate the rules face a fine of $2,000, Mayor Bill de Blasio added.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Los Angeles</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Los Angeles introduced an online form that asks air travelers to acknowledge that there is a recommendation to quarantine for 14 days.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The quarantine is not a requirement in the state, however, and the CDC has already suggested that it may shorten the quarantine time from the two weeks currently recommended to between eight and ten days.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Chicago</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced a nonbinding 30-day stay-at-home advisory as she advised residents to cancel Thanksgiving plans and stay at home unless they need to go to work or school or to tend to essential needs.</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Newark&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mayor Ras Baraka has issued a stay at home order for ten days starting from Wednesday to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the state's largest city.</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Vermont</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Governor Phil Scott remained worried about Thanksgiving travel in Vermont Tuesday as he called for students to be interrogated about their Thanksgiving plans before being allowed back to in-person teaching.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">He directed schools to as students if they had been a part of a multi-family Thanksgiving gathering, requiring those who have done so to transition to online learning for 14 days.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Pennsylvania</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that law enforcement would be stepping up efforts to enforce the state's safety plan, which requires people entering from a different state - whether Pennsylvania residents or not - to test negative for the virus within 72 hours before they arrive in the commonwealth.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">&nbsp;As well as imploring residents to forgo large gatherings, Gov. Wolf has introduced a one-night shutdown of alcohol sales for in-person consumption at places like bars and restaurants. The shutoff will begin at 5pm on Wednesday.</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Maryland</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Gov. Larry Hogan has introduced 'High Visibility Compliance Units' which will send out state troopers to patrol near bars, restaurants and event venues to crack down on any public gatherings.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead"><span style="font-size: 16px;">New Mexico</span></h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced in a Twitter post that the state will 'hit reset' and a statewide stay-at-home order began on November 16 to discourage travel.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">New Mexicans were instructed to shelter in place and stay at home apart from essential trips. All non-essential and non-profit business were forced to close their in-person activities.</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Minnesota</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Gov. Tim Walz announced a blanket ban on social gatherings</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">'Except as specifically permitted in this Executive Order, social gatherings are prohibited,' the Walz executive order says.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Oregon</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Governor Kate Boren has also announced a 'two-week' freeze on most activities and nonessential businesses across the state.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Washington</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Gov. Jay Inslee ordered a one-month ban on indoor services at restaurants and gyms and reduced in-store retail capacity to 25 percent.</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Michigan</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a ban on in-person high school and college classes, as well as indoor dining service for three weeks, as she hoped to keep people at home over Thanksgiving.</p>
<h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Rhode Island</h2>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Gov. Gina Raimondo called for a 'two-week pause' with businesses closures and reduced restaurant capacity. The pause will be reviewed on December 13 when the state may go into a further lockdown.</p>
<h3 class="mol-factbox-title">THANKSGIVING TRAVEL IN NUMBERS:&nbsp;</h3>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-underline">AIR:&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Six million</span> people flew in the six days before Thanksgiving, according to TSA figures.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-underline">CAR:</span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">48 million</span> Americans will travel by car between Wednesday and Sunday, AAA says.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-underline">TRAIN/BUS:&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">350,000 will travel by train between today and Sunday, according to AAA forecasts.&nbsp; </p>
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