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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.
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.
Despite public health pleas not to travel for the holidays due to an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases, a growing number of Americans are heading to the airport, including in Los Angeles.
The Transportation Security Administration reported on Monday less than 955-thousand people traveled nationwide the first time since Dec. 18 the number has dipped below 1 million travelers.
TSA agents screened more than 1 million people for three consecutive days over the start of the holiday travel season. For perspective, that number is down more than half from last year. Our crowds right now are down. We ve seen about a quarter of what we normally do this time of year. Over the past couple of days, we have seen an uptick, up to about 30%, so we re seeing 40,000 people going through TSA screening, said Stephanie Sampson, L.A. World Airports Administration spokesperson.
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