The Transportation Security Administration worsened the coronavirus outbreak by failing to institute early safety measures despite pleas from its employees, a whistleblower at the agency said in a complaint revealed on Thursday. Since then, more than 700 TSA employees have tested positive for COVID-19, the agency reports. Brainard took his concerns about what he called “gross mismanagement” to the Office of Special Counsel, which manages whistleblower complaints. The agency needs to take further action, like developing procedures for handling passengers with symptoms, Brainard told the Post. “We’re very concerned … they’re going to institutionalize the TSA workforce as a major threat for spreading the pandemic,” Tom DeVine, an attorney for Brainard, told the Post.

Source: Huffington Post June 19, 2020 17:37 UTC