Travel is taking off this spring.
The Transport Security Administration reported that more than 1.5 million people were examined over Easter weekend at airport checkpoints on Friday, a record since last March, when the coronavirus began to spread. spread across the United States.
A Transportation Security Administration agent returns a passport to a traveler as she examines them at a checkpoint inside an air terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. (Photo by AP / Kathy Willens, Archives).
Traffic at checkpoints was the highest since March 12, 2020, during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said in a statement on Twitter.
Farbstein advised travelers to arrive at airports 90 minutes early due to traffic and recommended social distance and wearing masks in public.
The increase in travel comes in the wake of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, announcing that those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can safely travel in the U.S. without having to be quarantined or tested.
FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL SAFELY WITHIN THE USA, CDC SAYS
The updated travel guidance says, “Fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to obtain and disseminate COVID-19.” The agency noted that fully vaccinated individuals must still adhere to the guidelines set by their travel destination, as potential testing requirements.
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The agency also asked travelers to continue social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands for everyone.