BOSTON (AP) — Here is a look at pandemic-related developments around New England:

CONNECTICUT

A banquet facility in New Haven has been closed following charges that it violated the state's COVID-19 rules.

Officials received videos of a large party and dancing at Anthony's Ocean View, the New Haven Register reported. The facility's owner declined to comment to the Register.

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MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts is reinstating quarantine rules for travelers who visit the state from Connecticut and New Jersey.

Visitors from the two states will be required to quarantine for two weeks or have proof of a negative COVID-19 test, Boston.com reported. The decision comes as coronavirus cases are ticking up in New England and around the country.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health tweeted that the new rules go into effect on Saturday. The two states are removed from the Massachusetts “lower risk state list,” the department tweeted.

Failure to comply with the rules could result in a $500 fine per day, state officials said. The lower risk state list includes all of the other New England states, except Rhode Island. It also includes New York, Washington, California, Hawaii and the District of Columbia.

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MAINE

Maine's spike in coronavirus cases continued with the rolling average of new daily cases more than doubling since last week from below 30 per day to more than 67 by Oct. 30.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services also reported an additional death Saturday.

Maine has one of the lowest incidences of the disease in the country, but cases have grown in recent days. The state has reported more than 80 new cases of the virus a day for several days after having not even approached those numbers since May.

The state has had 6,668 cases and 147 deaths, the health department reported.

“We are nearing a phase of exponential growth, if we haven’t entered it already,” Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Nirav Shah tweeted. “It’s easy to think you’re flying until you hit the ground.”

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VERMONT

Vermont state employees who can work from home should expect to do so at least through the next five months, the administration agency has announced.

The expectation was that remote work would continue until the end of this year but that has now been extended through at least March 31.

“By maintaining our current telework status and continued flexible work schedules for those at the worksite, we are mitigating risks to our success in schools and ongoing economic recovery efforts while we look forward to the roll out of a vaccine,” Secretary of Administration Susanne Young said in a written statement on Friday. “School re-openings have taken place successfully and part of that success has been the flexibility of our schools and families with school age children to shift to in-person and/or remote learning schedules as needed very quickly.”

Many state employees stayed at their work sites since the beginning of the pandemic-induced state of emergency to help with the state’s emergency response, the agency said. Some state workers returned from telework over the summer and fall to provide onsite “in-person” services and operations where required, according to the agency. Those in-person operations will stay open.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

COVID-19 antigen tests provided by the federal government will be part of a statewide screening program involving first responders in New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is describing the screening program as a new layer of testing for asymptomatic emergency responders, the Concord Monitor reported. It's not intended to replace the testing options that are already available in the state.

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RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island has banned social gatherings of more than 10 people for at least a month, the Providence Journal reported.

Rhode Island has reported an average of almost 400 new coronavirus cases a day for the past week. That number was 117 a month ago, the Providence Journal reported.