The TSA doesn't have any immediate plans to screen travelers' temperatures but pressure is mounting on passengers to wear masks in airports.
Administrator David Pekoske said
A traveler wearing a protective mask walks through Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.Checking temperatures at airports might not be the best way to weed out travelers with Covid-19, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
Other issues are is what to do with travelers who have elevated temperatures and which government agency would oversee the screenings, he said. Regulators would also have to figure out where to have such screening, ideally at entrances of large public spaces, like departure halls.
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