Vacationers visiting Chicago from outdoors of the state violate town's quarantine order applied throughout the COVID-19 outbreak as a way to go to points of interest and points of interest 39; get a deep pizza, in accordance with an area report.
In keeping with a WBEZ report, 22 states are at the moment on Chicago's journey order checklist. States are added to the checklist after they have a mean of greater than 15 new instances of COVID-19 per 100,000 individuals per day and anybody coming from these states, or returning to Chicago after visiting these states, needs to be quarantined for 14 days. Penalties for violating this command can vary as much as $ 500 per day for the violation. Locations like New York and Hawaii have comparable guidelines for out-of-state vacationers.
However when the outlet requested round Millennium Park final week, they stated they discovered "round 10 individuals" in underneath an hour who stated they had been breaking this rule to go to town. Two separate teams of pals stated that they had lunch at Lou Malnati, a well-known pizzeria identified for its deep pies. The chain operates 11 areas in Chicago, in accordance with Meals & Wine. Along with their meal, vacationers advised WBEZ that they had plans like visiting the Museum of Science and Business and the Wrigleyville neighborhood.
"We had deliberate this journey lengthy earlier than all of this, so we weren't going to get out of it simply due to an unenforceable order," stated an unnamed man visiting from Kansas.
Some individuals stated they weren't conscious of such a quarantine order and the report famous that the rules could be a bit complicated. Chicago Division of Public Well being guidelines state that these rules "don’t apply to anybody passing by designated states for lower than 24 hours throughout the journey," however the company made it clear to the publish that this exception is supposed to use solely to these passing en route to a different vacation spot, not these happening a day journey.
"We’re not attempting to harm anyone by being right here," stated an nameless vacationer, including that he was sporting masks.
This content material is created and maintained by a 3rd celebration, and imported to this web page to assist customers present their e-mail addresses. You could possibly discover extra details about this and comparable content material on piano.io
This feedback part is created and maintained by a 3rd celebration, and imported to this web page. You could possibly discover extra data on their web site.