The Transportation Security Administration is working to put in place a plan to check temperatures of passengers as they go through security at multiple American airports, a federal health official confirmed to CNN
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the plan and said the TSA would take the temperatures at about a dozen unidentified airports. According to the newspaper, the program could begin as soon as next week.The federal health official emphasized to CNN the plan was not yet final.The TSA would not confirm it was planning on enacting such a program."At this time, no decision has been made regarding specific health screening measures at airports," the agency said in a statement Friday.
The Administration should not put these frontline workers in further danger in order to provide passengers a potential false sense of safety," the Mississippi Democrat said. This comes as US airline executives and an industry trade group, Airlines for America, have pushed for the TSA to conduct temperature checks as part of regular airport screening.Frontier Airlines announced earlier this month that it plans to begin temperature screening all passengers and crew next month.
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