Concern over spike in COVID-19 cases with post-holiday travel
Updated: 7:25 PM EST Jan 3, 2021
SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES. NEWSCENTER 5’S TED WAYMAN IS LIVE AT LOGAN AIRPOR TONIGHT. 10? -- TED? >> FOR THE MOST PART, FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN ON TIME BUT IT COULD GET EASIER LAT TONIGHT. NO BIG CROWDS TO REPORT. TSA’S REPORTING A MILLION TRAVELERS WERE SCREENED A AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE YESTERDAY. LOTS OF BUSINESSES WILL REOPEN TOMORROW AND MANY SCHOOLS WILL BE BACK IN SESSION. AS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS MANY ARE NOT BACK IN BOSTON YET AND MANY WILL BE VIRTUAL WHEN CLASSES RESUME LATER IN JANUARY. TRAVELERS WE SPOKE WITH THIS AFTERNOON SAID SKIES WERE NOT TOO CROWDED AND TRAVEL WAS RELATIVELY EASY. >> OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE MORE ON EDGE BUT I DO NOT THINK IT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT. >> RELATIVELY QUIET TODAY. >> YES, I’VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT ROW IS NO LONGER BLOCKED OFF, WHICH IS NOT GREAT. HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE IS WEARING A MASK AND STAYING SAFE. >> AS WE HEARD FROM MIKE, THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED HERE LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. AIRLINES HOPE IT WILL NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON FLIGHTS COMING ARE GOING. BUT, AS NOISE, CHECK WITH YOUR AIRLINE.
Concern over spike in COVID-19 cases with post-holiday travel
Updated: 7:25 PM EST Jan 3, 2021
Massachusetts residents who traveled for the holidays are returning home before heading back to work and school on Monday, and there is concern that the amount of holiday travel in the state and across the county will lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases.The Transportation Security Administration announced that it screened nearly 1.2 million travelers at airports across the country on Saturday, which was the day after New Year's Day.That number is similar to the number of travelers that the TSA screened in the days following Christmas. According to its own data, the TSA screened over 1 million travelers for five consecutive days from Dec. 26 through Dec. 30.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.
Massachusetts residents who traveled for the holidays are returning home before heading back to work and school on Monday, and there is concern that the amount of holiday travel in the state and across the county will lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
The Transportation Security Administration announced that it screened nearly 1.2 million travelers at airports across the country on Saturday, which was the day after New Year's Day.
That number is similar to the number of travelers that the TSA screened in the days following Christmas. According to its own data, the TSA screened over 1 million travelers for five consecutive days from Dec. 26 through Dec. 30.
Watch the video above to learn more about this story.
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