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Air Travel and Communicable Diseases like COVID-19

Thursday, July 28, 2022
Air Travel and Communicable Diseases like COVID-19

Air Travel and Communicable Diseases like COVID-19

COVID-19 has intensified ongoing concerns about air travel's role in spreading diseases globally. How can agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration and the Centers for Disease Control better protect passengers and airline crews from diseases? And what improvements can be made to alert those who have been exposed? We'll find out more from GAO’s Heather Krause.