Two screening agents at DFW International Airport tested positive for COVID-19, including one who worked last week. It brings the total of confirmed cases there among TSA workers to five.
One of the agents worked the C21 terminal screening with their last shift on April 8 from 12:30 to 9 p.m.
The other worked on March 31 at the A21 checkpoint from 4:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
The Transportation Security Administration has already shut down eight of its 13 checkpoints at DFW because of the huge drop in airline traffic, leaving just one in each of the five terminals open. Only 90,510 passengers went through TSA checkpoints at airports nationwide on Sunday, the lowest number since the 1950s.
The TSA did not provide any additional information about the positive tests among screening agents.
According to TSA’s website for tracking the coronavirus among employees, 42 officers have tested positive in the last two weeks as well as four TSA employees who do not work with the public. Some 26 officers have recovered from COVID-19, and two have died since the pandemic began.
The other three TSA employees at DFW Airport who tested positive worked between March 24 and 30.
Several other DFW Airport workers also have been confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, including a baggage handler and a pilot for American Airlines.
The union representing TSA employees say the agency has provided adequate personal protective equipment.
On April 8, the last day one of the infected screeners worked, TSA agents were wearing gloves, but not masks. There are also plastic screens shielding some agents from passengers.
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