ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – For months travelers from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut had to fill out a Florida Department of Health (FDOH) contact information form when they flew in or drove into Florida.The forms asked for contact information and notified travelers they must self-quarantine for 14 days.Gov.
Ron DeSantis ordered the self-quarantine in Executive Order 20-82 enacted on March 24.The order mandated every state official to "assist the department of health" in enforcing the quarantine.For months, News 6 asked the FDOH: How much enforcement has it done?
In April, a spokesperson said the department is logging the contact information collected from the forms and regularly following up with travelers to verify they are.