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Have police in some parts of the US set up checkpoints to limit the spread of coronavirus?

By Christopher Hutton
YES

In recent weeks, police in some states and municipalities have set up checkpoints to enforce travel restrictions intended to limit the latest increases in the spread of the coronavirus.

In November, New York City set up vehicle checkpoints at bridges and crossings in order to enforce rules requiring either a 14-day quarantine or a negative test for those entering the city.

Newark, New Jersey, amid a jump in reported infections, issued a 10-day shelter-in-place "advisory" and a curfew. Police were sent to the borders of one hard-hit neighborhood, the East Ward, to keep nonresidents out of the area.

After the first outbreaks in the spring, states including Texas and Florida set up checkpoints at state lines to ensure out-of-state drivers crossing state lines observed quarantine rules.

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