We saw some crowds at Sky Harbor Airport in the past few days, despite warnings from experts not to travel over the holidays, and raised serious concerns about the risks of vacation travel. An estimated two million people have boarded airplanes across the country. These numbers have decreased by 60% compared to the previous year. But it still goes against the advice of CDC and Valley health experts. Covid-19 hospital admissions in the US hit a record high on Saturday for the seventh day in a row, with 108,487 patients in hospitals across the country, according to the Covid Tracking Project. A doctor says the recent surge in cases is partly due to people who traveled for the last major holiday, Thanksgiving. We spoke to travelers at Sky Harbor Airport this weekend to hear their thoughts on the doctors’ advice. “If you’re worried, I say, don’t travel, but if you’re not really worried, it’s up to you,” said passenger Mikey Harrel. “It is your own risk.” The airport was busy despite all the COVID-19 warnings. But the terminals weren’t as full as in previous years during the holiday season. However, one woman told us she waited 5 hours and missed her Delta flight. A Delta Airlines spokesman told us they were understaffed on Saturday, causing delays. Doctors here in Arizona and around the country are urging people to hide in their “bladders” to see other people. But they only work if everyone follows the same strict rules. Would you like to hang out with some friends (mask-free) this winter? Make a Covid-19 bubble on Sunday, a growing number of European countries suspended flights from the UK on Sunday after a new variant of COVID-19 was discovered that officials said is spreading faster than others. A growing number of European countries suspended flights from the UK on Sunday after a new variant of Covid-19 was discovered that officials said is spreading faster than others. The new strain of coronavirus prompted the UK government to put Tier 4 bans in London and the south-east of England and tighten restrictions across England over the holidays. The Netherlands will ban all passenger flights from Great Britain from Sunday morning until the new year in order to minimize the risk of the new strain spreading in the country “as much as possible,” the government said in a press release. The Dutch government said the same variant of the virus had been detected in the Netherlands in a year from a case from early December and that further research will be carried out to see if there are more related cases. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Belgium would block travelers from the UK for 24 hours on Monday as a “precautionary measure”, although the ban could be extended if necessary. Copyright 2020 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
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