GRAPPLING WITH WHAT
TO DO ABOUT HOLIDAY
TRAVEL PLANS.
(ANITA)
THERE IS A LOT TO
CONSIDER WITH COVID
CASES ON THE RISE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
STEPHANIE HARRIS HAS
WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABUT
TRAVELLING SAFELY
DURING A PANDEMIC.
(STEPHANIE)
TO TRAVEL OR NOT TO
TRAVEL - THAT IS THE
QUESTION CAUSING
STRESS- ANXIETY AND
SOME TEARS FOR
FAMILIES AS THE
HOLIDAYS APPROACH.
SO HOW DO YOU
DECIDE AND IF YOU GO
WHAT IS THE SAFEST
WAY TO GET THERE?
HERE'S WHAT I FOUND
OUT.
(STEPHANIE HARRIS
REPORTING)
(NATS AIRPLANE
TAXYING)
IF YOUR HOLIDAY
TRAVEL PLANS ARE
STILL -- UP IN THE AIR
(NATS TAKING OFF )
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
LOURIE BOOZE/AIR
TRAVELER
WE ARE ON OUR WAY
TO TEXAS TO SEE MY
DAD
LOURIE BOOZE KNOWS
ANY KIND OF TRAVEL
RIGHT NOW IS A BIT OF
A GAMBLE
LOURIE BOOZE/AIR
TRAVELER
I KNOW COVID IS
HAPPENING BUT WE
JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS
A RISK WE WERE
WILLING TO TAKE
:
ASSESSING RISK --
DR. DEMETRIA
LINDSAY/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK &
VIRGINIA BEACH
AND HOW MUCH RISK
YOU WANT TO TAKE
:
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
DISTRICT HEALTH
DIRECTOR DEMETRIA
LINDSAY SAYS THIS IS
ALL ABOUT.
DR. DEMETRIA
LINDSAY/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK &
VIRGINIA BEACH
FIRST I GUESS I
SHOULD SAY THE
SAFEST MEASURE
WOULD BE
CELEBRATING WITH
YOUR HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS AT HOME
:
IF YOU DO DECIDE TO
TRAVEL, SHE SAYS TO
CONSIDER THESE
FACTORS:
(NATS TYPING IN A CITY
NAME)
WHAT ARE THE COVID
CASE NUMBERS IN THE
AREAS YOU'RE
TRAVELING TO AND
FROM
WHO ARE YOU GOING
TO SEE? IS ANYONE AT
HIGH RISK FOR
COMPLICATIONS IF
THEY GET THE VIRUS?
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF
'YOU' GET SICK WHILE
YOU'RE AWAY?
DR. DEMETRIA
LINDSAY/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK &
VIRGINIA BEACH
"YOU MAY BE STAYING
IN A HOTEL OR YOU MAY
BE STAYING WITH
RELATIVES IF YOU'RE
STAYING WITH
RELATIVES THEN
THERE'S THE ISSUE OF
QUARANTINE WITH
THOSE RELATIVES
PLANNING IS KEY -
INCLUDING HOW YOU'LL
GET THERE?
DR. DEMETRIA
LINDSAY/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK &
VIRGINIA BEACH
I DON'T KNOW THAT
THERE IS ANY DIRECT
EVIDENCE THAT ONE
MODE IS SAFER THAN
ANOTHER
:
DRIVING IN YOUR OWN
PERSONAL VEHICLE
CAN GIVE YOU MORE
CONTROL OVER
CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE
AVOIDING CROWDS -
BUT DRIVING-LINDSAY
SAYS, COMES WITH ITS
OWN RISKS.
YOU HAVE TO
CONSIDER WHERE
YOU'LL EAT, USE THE
RESTROOM AND GET
GAS IN VARIOUS
TOWNS WITH VARIOUS
LEVELS OF COVID
ACTIVITY.
DR. DEMETRIA
LINDSAY/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK &
VIRGINIA BEACH
THE COMMERCIAL
TRANSPORTATION
INDUSTRY HAS DONE A
LOT OF WORK TO TRY
TO ENSURE THAT
SAFETY MEASURES ARE
IN PLACE
:
NORFOLK
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT IS ONE OF
THOSE PLACES.
STEVEN STERLING/
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
WE TAKE A LAYERED
APPROACH TOWARDS
MITIGATING THE RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE
COVID 19 PANDEMIC
THEY'VE TAKEN ALL THE
USUAL PRECAUTIONS,
PLEXIGLAS AND HAND
SANITIZING STATIONS -
FREE MASKS AT THE
INFO DESKS AND
MARKINGS ON THE
FLOOR FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
STEVE STERLING ALSO
POINTED OUT THIS NEW
INVESTMENT ..
STEVEN STERLING/
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
"WE HAVE INSTALLED
UV LIGHT FIXTURES ON
OUR ESCALATOR
HANDRAILS HELP KILL
THE GERMS AND
VIRUSES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE COVID 19
IT ALL LOWERS YOUR
RISK -- IF YOU WANT TO
LOWER IT FURTHER DR.
LINDSAY SUGGESTS
FLYING IN OFF-PEAK
HOURS,
AND AVOIDING THE
TICKET COUNTER,
BAGGAGE CHECKS, OR
OTHER AREAS WHERE
PEOPLE CONGREGATE -
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
--
(NATS IN AIRPORT)
BECAUSE THERE WILL
BE BIGGER CROWDS.
STERLING EXPECTS
ABOUT 3300
PASSENGERS A DAY IN
NORFOLK - THAT'S
ABOUT 300 A DAY MORE
THAN THEY'RE SEEING
NOW, BUT STILL ABOUT
HALF OF HOLIDAYS
PAST.
STEVEN STERLING/
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, NORFOLK
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
SOMETIMES IT GETS
DIFFICULT SOMETIMES
IT MAY NOT BE 6 FEET IT
MAY BE FOUR FEET BUT
WE ASK EVERYBODY TO
DO THE BEST THAT
THEY CAN TO SPREAD
OUT
:
JUST DO THE BEST YOU
CAN... BECAUSE
HOLIDAY TRAVEL
DURING COVID IS LIKE
DOING ANYTHING ELSE
DURING COVID -- - IT'S
ALL ON A WING AND A
PRAYER.
LOURIE BOOZE/AIR
TRAVELER
I THINK YOU JUST HAVE
TO GO WITH YOUR
CONVICTION AND
LISTEN TO THE
INFORMATION AND
THEN JUST MAKE THE
BEST CHOICE YOU
HAVE TO MAKE
(STEPHANIE)
YOU MAY BE THINKING
ABOUT GETTING A
COVID TEST BEFORE
YOU TRAVEL -- THAT'S
SOMETHING BEING
DEBATED BY A LOT OF
HEALTH EXPERTS.
DR LINDSAY CAUTIONS
IF YOU GET A NEGATIVE
RESULT YOU COULD BE
INCUBATING THE VIRUS
AND TEST POSTIVE THE
NEXT DAY - SO KEEP
THAT IN MIND.
STEPHANIE HARRIS 10
ON YOUR SIDE.
(DON SLATER)