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A man looks at coronavirus related art on boarded up businesses on 6th Street in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Austin is under Stay at Home orders to help battle the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Texas requires New York, New Orleans travelers to quarantine
March 26, 2020 9:11 p.m.

Texas requires New York, New Orleans travelers to quarantine

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas joined other states Thursday in imposing quarantines on travelers from the New York area, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., and put similar restrictions on people arriving from nearby New Orleans as the number of cases there surges dramatically.