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John F. Kennedy International Airport– the biggest airport in New york city — has the greatest variety of employees in the country who have checked positive for coronavirus.
According to data from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), 95 TSA staff members– 88 of whom are screening officers– have COVID-19 The officer with the most current case of the infection worked at the airport and touched with travelers and other personnel as late as April 14.
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At Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, 48 staff members– a minimum of among whom was working till April 12– have coronavirus, according to the TSA.
LaGuardia Aiport in Queens, N.Y., had the third-highest number of contaminated staff members, with 28 screening favorable for the virus.
” TSA is dedicated to informing the general public about airport places where TSA workers or screening professionals have checked favorable for the COVID-19 infection,” the agency stated in a statement.
Both New York City and New Jersey have been the hardest struck states by the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.
Fears of the virus set off rigorous social distancing rules from one state to another, which in turn slowed need for travel and paralyzed the airline company industry across the country and worldwide. In the U.S., the Treasury Department is slated to send out $50 billion to keep airlines afloat, although travel is expected to stay stagnant till a minimum of six months after lockdown constraints are lifted.
Global seat capacity visited nearly 80 percent when compared to this time last year and half of the world’s planes run out commission, according to a report by Reuters.
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In total, TSA reported that 459 federal workers have tested positive for coronavirus. Of those, 110 have recuperated and 4 have actually died.
