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A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee receives a donation at a food distribution center for federal workers impacted by the government shutdown, at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., January 22, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC1330AF7A50
WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2.785 million airline passengers on Friday, the highest number since before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. agency said on Tuesday.
The agency screened approximately 10.6 million people from Friday through Monday, the Juneteenth holiday, for an average of 2.67 million people per day. Friday was the fourth-highest single-day screening ever and highest since November 2019, TSA said.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)
