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US woman tests positive for COVID-19 mid-flight, isolates for 5 hours in bathroom

Deccan Chronicle | 31/12/2021 10:43 PM | Click to read full article

A US woman was quarantined in an aeroplane bathroom for three hours after testing positive for COVID-19 halfway through a flight from Chicago to Iceland.

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.

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