For two days in a row over the holiday weekend, the Transportation Security Administration recorded checkpoint throughput numbers exceeding 1 million travelers per day, for the first time since Jan. 4. TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said those numbers were actually reduced by winter storms, which upset many travel plans. That's two 1M+ days in a row for checkpoint throughput for Presidents' Day holiday weekend combined with Valentine's Day weekend. As coronavirus vaccines become increasingly available, the Department of Homeland Security is accelerating its distribution to TSA employees, Farbstein said. “In accordance with CDC guidelines, nearly 54,000 TSA employees are eligible for priority access to the vaccine,” Farbstein said in a follow-up email.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2021 16:06 UTC