Travel flies this spring.
The Transportation Security Administration reported that more than 1.5 million people were screened at airport checkpoints during the Easter weekend on Friday, a record since March last year around the time the coronavirus began to become widespread in the US.
A Transportation Security Administration agent returns a passport to a traveler while examining his passengers at a checkpoint in an airport terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. (AP Photo / Kathy Willens, File).
Checkpoint traffic was the highest since March 12, 2020, during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said in a statement on Twitter.
Farbstein advised travelers to arrive at airports 90 minutes early due to traffic, and called for social distance and wearing the mask in public.
The increase in travel comes on the heels of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, announcing that those who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel safely in the US without being quarantined or tested.
People who are fully vaccinated can travel safely within the US, says CDC
The updated travel guidelines state: “Travelers who are fully vaccinated are less likely to get and distribute COVID-19.” The agency noted that individuals who have been fully vaccinated must still adhere to the guidelines established by their travel destination, such as possible test requirements.
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The agency also urged travelers to continue with social distance, with masks and hand washing for all.