Transportation Security Administration

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2020-07-10T17:00:02+00:00
Regional News • Americas • United States
1,000+ TSA employees tested positive for Covid-19
A Transportation Security Administration agent at a checkpoint verifying passenger identification, John Glenn Columbus International Airport
A Transportation Security Administration agent at a checkpoint verifying passenger identification, John Glenn Columbus International Airport Credit: Michael Ball / Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons CC0 Waiver)

A report released by the Transportation Security Administration shows that 1,018 employees of the agency have tested positive for Covid-19, six have died. Most of them are working as security screeners who continued working at airports.