Transportation Safety Administration airport checkpoint quantities demonstrate the quantity of airline passengers fell under 200,000 on Friday and Saturday as a consequence of the coronavirus.
Fewer than 2 million travellers a day have flown considering that March 9, and 1 million a working day considering the fact that March 17. That figure has stayed down below 500,000 considering the fact that March 22.
Airlines have sharply curtailed their schedules as coronavirus has swept the world. Domestic carriers have lower their flights by 70% to 90%.
According to Johns Hopkins College, far more than 124,000 Americans have tested constructive for coronavirus as of Sunday, and just about 2,200 have died of COVID-19, the disorder caused by the virus.
According to TSA, at the very least 50 officers have analyzed good at airports throughout the state. The number is probably larger because of to the lack of entry to testing in lots of areas of the country.
On March 19, the U.S. Condition Section issued its best warning, Level 4, on international vacation, advising Americans to prevent vacation overseas.
The Centers for Condition Regulate and Prevention on Saturday encouraged people of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to prevent nonessential travel for 14 days. The area has the best concentration of coronavirus situations in the country.