U.S. woman tests positive for COVID-19 mid-flight, isolates for 5 hours in bathroom
The Hindu
A note was then put on the bathroom door saying it was out of service, and that was Ms. Fotieo's new seat for the remainder of the flight
A U.S. woman was quarantined in an aeroplane bathroom for three hours after testing positive for COVID-19 halfway through a flight from Chicago to Iceland, according to media reports.
Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19 so she went to the bathroom to perform a rapid Covid test which confirmed she was infected, WABC-TV reported.
Before the flight, Ms. Fotieo told CNN she took two PCR tests and about five rapid tests, all of which came back negative. But about an hour and a half into the flight, Ms. Fotieo started to feel a sore throat.
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