Iowaâs 7-day COVID-19 test positivity rate dips below 2%
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Updated: 9:59 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021
Iowaâs 7-day COVID-19 test positivity rate dips below 2%
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Updated: 9:59 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021
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BACK UP TO 50 BY 5:00 P.M. WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. ALYX: RIGHT NOW, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE GETTING READY OR ARE ALREADY TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT LAX. DARK AND EARLY, JUST ABOUT 4:00. ERIC: AAA EXPECTS 60% MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD THIS YEAR AS WE MARK THE UNOFFICIAL START TO SUMMER. ALYX: COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS HAVE EASED UP ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT THERE ARE STILL REQUIREMENTS IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL. KCCIâS TOMMIE CLARK IS LIVE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIALON AIRPORT WITH THE DETAILS. TOMMIE: LIKE YOU SAID, TRAVEL REALLY IS KICKING .UP WE ARE STILL SEEING ABOUT 6 MILLION FEWER THAN PRE-PANDEMIC COMPARED TO THE NUMBER YOU SAID. YOU CAN SEE THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HERE, WE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING READY FOR MEMORIAL DAY TRAVEL. WE JUST MISSED THEIG B MNINGOR RUSH FOR THIS WEEKEND. -- FOR THIS MORNING. THE CDC SAYS HE VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL DOMESTICALLY AT A LOW RISK TO THEMSELVES WHILE TAKING PROPER PRECAUTIONS. VACCINATED OR NOT, IF YOU PLAN TO COME THROUGH THE AIRPORT THIS WEEKEND, YOU HAVE TO MASK UP. NOT ONLY DOES THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REQUIRE THEM, BUT EVERY AIRLINE THAT TRAVELS OUT OF THE METRO DOES. EVEN WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS -- RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE, TYHE ARE SEEING THE MAJOR INCREASE IN TRAVELERS. >> NOW TTHA WE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, WE ARE ALL EXCITED TO GO. WE HAVE MISSED OUR TRAVEL, SO REALLY EXCITED TO GO. >> GREAT TIME TO BE TRAVELING, I THINK. TOMMIE: I TOLD THAT COUPLE, I AM SO JEALOUS. THEY ARE GOING TO CANCUN AND SAY THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND READY TO TRAVEL AGAIN. REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHERE YOUâRE GOING, LOOK UP RES