By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Three TSA screeners in northern California have tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency said Tuesday.
The employees work at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport and are the first TSA screeners to test positive with the coronavirus.
The agency didn’t disclose the identities of the workers.
“The officers are receiving medical care and all TSA employees they have come in contact with over the past 14 days are quarantined at home,” the TSA said in a statement.
“Screening checkpoints remain open and the agency is working with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), as well as the California Department of Public Health and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department to monitor the situation as well as the health and safety of our employees and the traveling public. We will update as more information becomes available.”
The positive tests are troublesome because screeners have contact with thousands of passengers a day.
On Sunday, the FBI confirmed one of its employees from the San Francisco Division tested positive for the coronavirus.
The FBI also has ordered $40,000 worth of face masks and hand sanitizers in the event of a pandemic.
