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Trump decides against coronavirus quarantine of states NewsColony Donald Trump said he had decided against a quarantine on several states that had been worst-hit by the coronavirus, including New York, after a sharp escalation in the number of fatalities pushed the US death toll past 2,000. The US president had said that he was weighing a travel ban on people from New York, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut in an attempt to control the spread of coronavirus. New York has been hit by the disease far worse than anywhere else in the US, with 220 people dying in the state over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to well over 500. Mr Trump’s comments risked a rift with Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, who questioned whether such a move was legally enforceable. But on Saturday night, the president announced on Twitter that such a quarantine was not necessary. “On the recommendation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s o...