TSA Officers At 47 U.S. Airports Tested COVID-19 Positive In Past 2 Weeks
Washington DC July 14 2020 Over the past two weeks, TSA officers at nearly four dozen U.S. airports have tested positive for COVID-19, according to data from the Transportation Security Administration. During that period, at least one officer tested positive at each of the top 10 busiest airports in the country.
The vast majority of affected TSA officers are screeners who come into close contact with passengers and their belongings.
While the 47 impacted airports are located from coast to coast, some states that are current COVID-19 hot spots are particularly hard hit.
Over the period from June 24 to July 7, at least one TSA officer in each of Arizona’s two largest airports — Phoenix Sky International Airport and Tucson International Airports — tested positive.
A whopping eight airports in Florida — a state that just recorded its largest number of COVID-related deaths in a single day — had TSA officers test positive within the past two weeks. These include Orlando International Airport, Orlando Sanford International Airport, Miami International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Tampa International Airport, St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, Jacksonville International Airport and Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport.
