New York Extends Enhanced Airline Screening to European Visitors

Anyone flying into New York from Europe will be required to complete COVID-19 contact tracing forms the state's governor's office announced on September 24, 2020. “We’re gonna mandate that you have to fill out the forms so that we’re able to keep track of the people who are coming in from Europe,” Cuomo’s top aide, Secretary Melissa DeRosa, said according to the NYPost.

New York has been screening air travelers arriving from certain US states for the past few months.

These actions are producing a positive trend in COVID-19 cases. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on September 18, 2020, that New York State's COVID-19 infection rate reached a low of 0.88 of people tested.