Flights From Countries Hard Hit By Coronavirus Still Coming, So Are Precautions In place

[Historic NY]

CBS2 has learned some of the same international flights that have long been blamed for causing coronavirus to explode in our area are still operating.

Pictures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show officers in masks and gloves screening international travelers in mid-March.

Data from flightaware.com shows in the last two weeks international flights to Newark Liberty Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport have arrived from China, South Korea, and much of Europe, including the United Kingdom and Italy.

“That’s the federal government, that’s Border and Customs control,” Cuomo responded.

“There is coordination, but they determine who comes, who doesn’t come, is purely federal, and they determine what procedures and practices are in place,” Cuomo replied.

[link:https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/05/19/coronavirus-covid-19-international-flights-jfk-airport-newark-airport-korea-china-italy/|]

[Travel Hat]

1. Read this and checked about flights from Brazil

I live in northern Illinois and have flown to Sao Paula Brazil non stop. There are none know to O'hare but there are flights to fort Lauderdale and Dallas. I'd be more worried about Brazil than any other country right now.