SEATAC, Wash. – Six TSA screeners at Sea-Tac Airport have tested positive for COVID-19 so far during the pandemic, the TSA said Wednesday.
All six were quarantined immediately after they tested positive, and the last time that any of them worked with the public at the airport was on April 16.
TSA also said two screeners at Paine Field in Everett were confirmed to have COVID-19, and they also were quarantined. The last time they worked with the public was on April 1.
Overall, TSA has had 500 of its employees test positive for coronavirus. Of those, 208 employees have recovered and five have died as a result of the virus.