
Number of TSA Screeners with Coronavirus Reaches 12, As Hundreds Opt to Stay Home
The number of TSA screeners who have tested positive for the coronavirus has reached 12, the agency has confirmed.
The number of TSA screeners who have tested positive for the coronavirus has reached 12, the agency has confirmed.
The coronavirus has hit federal Homeland Security employees hard.
The number of TSA screeners who have tested positive for the coronavirus has increased to eight, the agency has confirmed.
A TSA screener at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is the sixth employee of the agency to be tested positive for the coronavirus.
Congressional Democrats questioned the top TSA official Wednesday about what the agency is doing to protect workers and the public from the quickly spreading coronavirus.
Three TSA screeners in northern California have tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency said Tuesday.
TSA officers would receive expanded protections like other federal employees under a bill passed by the U.S. House on Thursday.
President Trump’s administration has imposed a temporary ban on hiring at the TSA for the second time in recent months.