A traveler walks past screeners testing a system of thermal imaging cameras which check body temperatures at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid the COVID-19 pandemic on June 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama/Getty Images
- Several states are tightening restrictions in an attempt to curtail the spread of the coronavirus as millions of Americans are expected to travel and gather for Thanksgiving.
- These measures come as the number of positive coronavirus cases surge across the country.
- Public-health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci have said indoor gatherings like the ones that occur during Thanksgiving are likely to easily spread the coronavirus.
As the US faces another surge in the number of positive coronavirus cases, several states are tightening restrictions in an attempt to curtail the spread.
The restrictions come just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday season when millions of Americans typically travel and gather with their extended family members and friends.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, said late last month these gatherings are likely to easily spread the coronavirus.
"If you have people like elderly or individuals who are compromised because of underlying conditions, you want to take a couple of steps back and say, is it worth it for this year to bring those people together when you don't know what the status of everybody in that pod that you've created is?" Fauci said in conversation with peer-reviewed journal JAMA.
Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourage people to modify their holiday plans to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The agency has stressed these recommendations are meant to supplement local and state restrictions.
Here are the states that have enacted tighter restrictions in response to surging cases that can affect holiday plans.