US woman tests Covid positive in an aeroplane, isolates for 5 hrs in bathroom

A US woman was quarantined in an aeroplane bathroom for 5 hours after testing positive for COVID-19 halfway through a flight from Chicago to Iceland, according to media reports.

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

Marisa Fotieo, an instructor from Michigan, said her throat started to hurt partially through the excursion on December 19 so she went to the washroom to play out a quick Covid test which affirmed she was tainted, WABC-TV announced.

Before the flight, Fotieo told CNN she took two PCR tests and around five fast tests, all of which returned negative. Be that as it may, about 90 minutes into the flight, Fotieo began to feel an irritated throat.

"The wheels began turning in my cerebrum and I thought, 'alright, I will simply go step through an exam It planned to help me to have an improved outlook," Fotieo said. "Quickly, it returned positive."

Fotieo is completely inoculated and has gotten the promoter. She tests reliably since she works with an unvaccinated populace. When she got her results in the aeroplane bathroom, over the Atlantic Ocean, she said she started to panic.

"The first flight attendant I ran into was Rocky. I was hysterical, I was crying," Fotieo said. "I was nervous for my family who I just had dinner with. I was nervous for the other people on the plane. I was nervous for myself."

The flight attendant Fotieo ran into helped calm her down, the report added. "Of course, it's a stress factor when something like this comes up, but that's part of our job," the flight attendant told CNN.

The flight attendant said she did what she could to try to rearrange seats so Fotieo could be seated in a spot alone, but the flight was full.

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"At the point when she returned and let me know she was unable to observe sufficient seating, I picked to remain in the restroom since I would have rather not associate with others on the flight," Fotieo said.

A note was then put on the restroom entryway saying it was unavailable, and that was Fotieo's new seat for the rest of the flight

CNN reached Icelandair on Thursday for input yet still can't seem to hear back. Strategies fluctuate among carriers with respect to how to deal with a Covid-positive traveler. This comes only weeks later the US and different nations have made travel limitations in the midst of the spread of the Omicron variation.

When the plane landed in Iceland, Fotieo and her family were the last ones off the flight.

Since her sibling and father didn't have any manifestations, they were allowed to take their corresponding flight to Switzerland. Fotieo was given both a quick and PCR test at the air terminal, the two of which were positive, she said.

She was then transported to an inn where she started her 10 days of isolation, the report added.

Specialists monitored her three times each day, she was given dinners and prescription was promptly accessible. "Truly it has been a simple encounter," Fotieo said. "It's somewhat because of the airline steward and the type of Icelandic individuals. Everybody here is so kind.