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Tens of thousands expected to travel, pass through LAX in coming week [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-CALIF-LAX-TRAVEL:LA]
LOS ANGELES Tens of thousands of travelers are expected to pass through Los Angeles International Airport this week, amid an alarming surge in coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County and pleas from public health officials for people to stay home and avoid gathering with family and friends outside their households.
The global COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced air travel this year in the early part of the pandemic, airport volume was down by as much as 96% compared with the same time last year but the number of people traveling ticked up around Thanksgiving and again before Christmas, officials said.
Health officials are notifying passengers aboard United Airlines' LAX-bound flight from earlier in the month that they may have been exposed to COVID-19.
Tens of thousands expected to travel, pass through LAX in coming week [Los Angeles Times]
Tens of thousands of travelers are expected to pass through Los Angeles International Airport this week, amid an alarming surge in coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County and pleas from public health officials for people to stay home and avoid gathering with family and friends outside their households.
The global COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced air travel this year in the early part of the pandemic, airport volume was down by as much as 96% compared with the same time last year but the number of people traveling ticked up around Thanksgiving and again before Christmas, officials said.
Millions traveled through US airports during winter holiday season, setting new pandemic record
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) Over 7 million people went through U.S. airports from Dec. 20 to Dec. 27, the highest level of air travel in more than nine months, despite fear that travel will lead to more cases of COVID-19.
Overall, air travel is down nearly 60% from this time last year. But the Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1,284,599 on Sunday, the highest total since March 15.
More than 10 million people have traveled by air since Dec. 18, including six days with at least 1 million people getting screened.
Figures on road trips aren t available, but AAA predicted that about 85 million Americans would travel during the Christmas holiday season, most of them by car.