Massachusetts Takes New Hampshire, Maine Off Travel-Exempt List

Boston MA

20 November, 2020

4:36 PM

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MASSACHUSETTS — Travelers coming to Massachusetts from New Hampshire and Maine will have to quarantine or produce a negative COVID-19 test after the Bay State removed its northern neighbors from its travel-exempt list. The changes go into effect Saturday. Only Vermont and Hawaii remain on the travel-exempt list, which is for states with lower COVID-19 rates. Visitors or Massachusetts residents returning from anywhere else — including New Hampshire, Rhode Island and other New England states except for Vermont — must fill out a travel form and quarantine for 14 days once they get here unless they produce a negative COVID-19 test that was taken within 72 hours of their arrival. People who do not comply will be subject to a fine of up to $500. Related Massachusetts Really Wants This Thanksgiving To Be DifferentPeople Bucking COVID-19 Precautions, Driving MA's Surge: Report'I Don't Want To Close The City Down:' Walsh Warns Of COVID Spike