Jason Delgado
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, the Transportation Security Agency announced Thursday several minor changes to the agency’s security screening process.
“In the interest of TSA frontline workers and traveler health, TSA is committed to making prudent changes to our screening processes to limit physical contact and increase physical distance as much as possible,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske.
As a preventative measure against the spread of COVID-19, passengers will no longer hand their boarding passes to TSA officers. Rather, passengers will be asked to place their boarding pass — paper or electronic — on the boarding pass reader themselves.
Passengers are also being asked to place their carry-on food items into a clear plastic bag that will be placed into a bin during the screening process.
“This requirement allows social distancing, reduces the TSA officer’s need to touch a person’s container of food and reduces potential for cross-contamination,” a press release explained.
Additionally, if a traveler’s bag is flagged by officers during the screening process, TSA may now redirect the traveler outside of the security line to remove the item themselves. The bag would then be subject to a subsequent screening.
The TSA will also place visual reminders on the floor to remind travelers to maintain proper spacing while in the line for security.
As of March, passengers are permitted to carry on a 12-ounce container of hand sanitizer, a shift from past TSA protocol that only permitted less than 3.4 ounces of a liquid or gel.
More information on TSA screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic can be found on their website.
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Margaret Ann Blustine
May 21, 2020 at 2:39 pm
Trump and de santis have nowith unleashed millions of unknown infected and carriers to travel and expose hugely additional usa states and alarmingly the planet internationally.1 person for longer than 14 days can continue expoentially kill and sicken huge number of people.and trump has now unleashed that exposure by millions on america and the world for political personal reason.for political personal reasons trumps delaying nonactions have made 90000 dead americans andeliberately increasing and over 1 and half million KNOWING cases increasing.its a travesty and the deadly work of a dictator.he knew in january.he knew in february.he wouldn’t do hsn.com job like other country leaders.he told governors to stop virus with no resources when he had unlimited easily signed into play fedl resources that would have saved america and it’s economy early on and stopped virus like other countries did.he doesn’t want to work wants to run our nation on personal irrational notions and hunches.look what that did.we don’t want more of the same.fla numbers are NOT improved.fla is 7th highest and growing case total state in America has been since beginning?usa testing very low.many millions more can’t get tests are sick and dying.we need an experienced president who has proven success in stopping 2 pandemics.who knows america needs experts in govt in every fielderly not just trump dictator who acts and thinks he knows more than every expert in every field.if he’s an expert in any field why does america have horrific cases and deaths out of any control?? Because trump is a con artist hotel builder with many bankrupt projects.that’s no prrsident.when we needed him to responsibly and presidential in February he acted like a con artist hotel builder incompetent president.we don’t need to continue path of death to lives and economy his dictorship petulant tantrums have done to america.we need experiential adult who has proven goverNing success for decades like biden.who has organized often rapidly fedl resources to save America thru 2 pandemic possibles and recessions.there’s no insider or outsider.there’s just results.we know bidens successful results that saved america.we know trumps failed results that some killing america and us in disgrace as the world watche’s in horror and we live in daily terror.as trump still tells us go out tiptoe thru the tulips instead of saving us and americas economy in Feb even early march.he knew.de santis doing same deadly dictator.type manipulations in fla.only thing clear is…look at americas numbers.look athe Florida’s numbers.horrific deadly deliberate.all the tantrums manipulations lack of help lies can’t change the truth of americas and flas numbers.and who caused them.both are done politically yet they continue on murderous path.is past evil is satanic behavior.United nations must get rid of trump and stop de santis on same deadly path.and ms Jones is a national hero.
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