{"id":4948,"date":"2021-01-16T17:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/holiday-travel-breaks-pandemic-record-despite-dire-covid-warnings\/"},"modified":"2021-01-16T17:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T17:59:27","slug":"holiday-travel-breaks-pandemic-record-despite-dire-covid-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/holiday-travel-breaks-pandemic-record-despite-dire-covid-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Travel Breaks Pandemic Record Despite Dire Covid Warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline Though still less than half the amount of last year, more than 1 million people passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints during each of the past three days, making this the busiest weekend since the start of the pandemic at a time when the U.S.\u2019s coronavirus health crisis is at its worst.\u00a0 Crowds seen, on December 18, 2020 at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) with long queues at &#8230; [+] the Departure gates in Arlington, Virginia, as the Christmas holiday travel starts despite the Coronavirus pandemic. 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