The Washington Post reports TSA Administrator Pekoske “ordered new coronavirus safety precautions last week after meeting with a whistleblower who alleged that the agency wasn’t doing enough to protect employees and travelers, according to the whistleblower’s attorney.” The new measures “require officers to wear eye protection when they are in close contact with travelers” and are not protected by a plastic screen. Officers “must also change their gloves or sanitize them after patting down passengers, handling identification documents or checking in luggage.”

TSA officers will be required to change gloves more frequently, wear face shields during passenger screenings

USA Today reports the “Transportation Security Administration officers will be required to change their gloves more frequently and wear face shields when screening passengers, in changes the agency is making this month to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.” The policy change comes after “a whistleblower complaint last month by a TSA official that the agency failed to provide enough protective equipment to personnel who come into close contact with the traveling public.”

The Washington (DC) Post reports more than 1,000 TSA employees have tested positive for COVID-19 according to statistics released by the agency on Thursday. The Post says “nearly all” of the positive employees are security officers screening passengers. Fox News, and The Hill also report.

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.