The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is dismissing rumors it plans to set up state line check points due to coronavirus.

ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor said the agency is receiving a high volume of questions from motorists about possibilities of state line checkpoints or banning drivers from certain states from entering Alabama.

“These are rumors,” ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor said. “ALEA State Troopers continue to patrol roadways daily, to promote public safety and to enforce the law. There are no plans to shut down our state borders.”

Taylor said questions about travel rose after Gov. Kay Ivey announced a stay-at-home last week. The order, in effect until April 30, requires people to stay at home except to perform “essential” activities, such as shopping for food or medicine.

Florida set up state line checkpoints late last month in an effort to stem the flow of travel from Louisiana and New York, areas hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the checkpoints were at the Alabama/Florida line.