COVID-19

All the latest articles about COVID-19

Reassurance from a robot at Pittsburgh Int’l Airport

03/27/20
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, airlines are grounding aircraft and cutting flight schedules. And fewer and fewer travelers are passing through airports. But in most cities airports are considered essential facilities. So they remain open. One example: Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), which must stay open not only for the remaining commercial flights currently flying, but →

TSA maps its COVID-19 cases

03/24/20
Airports are getting quieter and quieter, but some people are still flying. So Transportation Security Administration officers are among the workers who must still show up for work. Unfortunately, it turns out TSA workers aren’t immune to COVID-19 and there are have been some TSA officers who have tested positive for the virus. So it’s →

Hotels having COVID-19 troubles

03/20/20
Fallout from COVID-19 is happening so fast that moments before our story about hotel occupancy rates posted on CNBC we had to cut a tidbit about a hotel bar offering a creative “squirt and sip” – a squirt of hand sanitizer and a drink – because the bar had been ordered to close. And since →
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