After three months of travel at a near-standstill, restrictions are slowly lifting and travelers are venturing out again. Nearly two million Americans in need of passports are facing severe delays because of processing center closures. People applying for security-expediting services like T.S.A. PreCheck or Global Entry may have had their interviews canceled for similar reasons. A backlog of 1.7 million passports has piled up since the State Department shut down most of its consular services to protect its workers on March 19, officials confirmed last week.

Source: International New York Times June 20, 2020 09:00 UTC