Covid-19: Americans are flying for holidays despite CDC’s appeal

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Americans are flying for holidays despite CDC's appeal

Rhode Island (USA): Despite the country’s largest health agency urging people not to travel in the wake of Covid-19, millions of U.S. citizens bought tickets for the Thanksgiving day vacation. Have bought “If consumers feel they should not travel for health reasons, they should cancel the flight plan,” said John Breyault of the National Consumers League.

Most airlines will not reimburse cash on travel cancellations but are waiving fees and offering vouchers. Brayolt said the companies’ policies need to be understood because each airline’s voucher is different and depends on when the ticket is issued. Was booked. More than two million people were checked at U.S. airports on Friday and Saturday, according to the Transportation Safety Administration.

Although the number is much lower than last year, this is the second time since mid-March this year that more than a million people have been checked at airports on Friday. A day earlier, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention had urged the citizens not to travel for holidays. Dr. Anthony Focchi, an American epidemiologist, said on Sunday that crowds of people traveling to airports on Thanksgiving Day could lead to a sharp rise in cases of Covid-19.

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