Wisconsin To Be Added To Chicago Coronavirus Quarantine List

MILWAUKEE, WI — Wisconsin will appear on Chicago's COVID-19 quarantine list "later this week," Mayor Lori Lightfoot confirmed Monday afternoon.

Under Chicago's quarantine order, travelers who are entering or returning to Chicago from Wisconsin will have to quarantine for 14 days. Lightfoot made the announcement during a press conference.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speculated that his state would eventually end up on the quarantine list, and intimated that it's a wake-up call of sorts for people who may not be taking the necessary safety precautions.

"There's lots and lots of people that live in Illinois and live in Chicago that do work regularly in Wisconsin and vice versa. And I anticipate that will continue to move forward. A message for us in Wisconsin should be if Chicago thinks our people should stay home, then we better put some damn masks on and make sure that we continue to, or to reverse the course that we're in," Evers said in an NBC 5 report last week.

Wisconsin is not alone on the Chicago quarantine list. Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah are all on the list.