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8 TSA employees at Charlotte test positive for COVID-19

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed eight TSA employees at Charlotte Douglas International Airport tested positive for COVID-19, including six screeners.

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FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, a Transportation Security Administration officer works at Love Field in Dallas. President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic -- a “strong wall” that allowed only U.S. citizens inside, he boasted in May. But Trump’s wall was more like a sieve. Exempted were thousands of residents of the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eight Transportation Security workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday.

According to TSA, the eight cases include six TSA pre-screening employees at the airport. The other two positive cases are non-screening employees of TSA.

A spokesperson for TSA said the most recent positive test for an employee at Charlotte Douglas was July 8. That employee last worked on July 2 from noon until 8:30 p.m. in Checkpoint C.

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