TSA Screens 3.2 Million People Over Weekend As Holiday Travel Surges 

More than three million people have passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints over the weekend despite rising coronavirus cases and fears that the virus is mutating in Europe, reported Reuters. 

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 3.2 million people over the last three days as holiday travel begins. 

Over the three-day period, TSA said they screened the most airline passengers since mid-March when the virus pandemic first began to devastate the air travel industry. 

Compared with the same period last year, the number of people screened by the agency was down 58%.  

The surge in air travel comes as the weather turned colder and COVID-19 cases are accelerating.

In a recent report, Goldman Sachs outlines that virus cases will surge in colder months and significantly slow down the economy in the next quarter. 

Despite the surge in air travel, U.S. Global Jets ETF plunged by more than 3% Monday following the virus new from the UK.