Overseas travellers at DFW Airport have been stuck in Customs lines for hours with no masks, gloves, or hand sanitizer available to protect against coronavirus.
Hundreds travellers at DFW Airport in Texas have complained waiting in Customs/Immigration lines for hours, with no masks, gloves, or hand sanitizer in sight to protect themselves from contracting coronavirus. According to a DFW Airport spokesperson, travellers returning to the United States are obligated to fill out a questionnaire that was issued by the Department Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid growing coronavirus concerns. These lengthy questionnaires have caused substantial delays, which has travellers waiting in line for hours crammed together in a confined space. Due to the increased risk that this proximity poses contracting coronavirus, many travellers are concerned for their health and safety. “I’m less concerned about having to stand here for the amount time that I am, and more concerned about where the people are traveling from that are around me and what they may or may not have been exposed to,” one woman noted.
According to reporter Jason Whitely, travellers have not been fered any hand sanitizer, gloves, masks, or any kind precautionary items to protect themselves. There have also not been any screenings temperature and reportedly, appropriate protocol is not being followed.