The Transportation Security Administration has reported a record low for traveler screenings every day for the past two weeks.
BREAKING NEWS: On Thursday, 124,021 individuals were screened at @TSA checkpoints nationwide. It's a new record low for the past 10 years. Exactly one year ago, 2,411,500 people went through security checkpoints. Each day for the past two weeks has seen a new record low.
— TSAmedia_LisaF (@TSAmedia_LisaF) April 3, 2020
With many U.S. states issuing stay-at-home orders, Americans have been advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to forgo all nonessential travel to slow the spread of coronavirus. The center has also issued a special travel advisory that urges “residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from nonessential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately.”
The State Department is advising U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel at this time due to the pandemic, and is only offering passport services to people with “qualified life-or-death” emergencies that require immediate international travel.
Since the global spread of the coronavirus in January, tens of thousands of flights have been canceled, and the International Air Transport Association estimates that 1.1 million flights will be canceled through June 30, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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