New numbers from the Transportation Security Administration show Saturday saw the most
passengers screened since mid-March at almost 1.13 million, which is concerning to Dr. Anthony Fauci,
who says travel and holiday gatherings could cause a spike in virus cases
nationwide.
"We very well might see a post-seasonal in the sense
Christmas/New Year's surge and as I've described it as a 'surge upon a surge'
because if you look at the slope, the incline of cases as we have experienced as
we have gone into the late fall and soon to be early winter, it is really quite
troubling,” says Dr. Fauci.
According to the
Transportation Security Administration, the past 10 days have seen more
than one million passengers screened five times.
Meanwhile, airline
passengers beginning today from the United Kingdom will have to get a negative
COVID-19 test within three days of their trip and give the results to the
airline, and that includes United Airlines, with flights into Newark
Liberty International Airport.
The United Kingdom has seen
a new strain of coronavirus, prompting dozens of countries to put in place
travel bans or restrictions.