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Woman isolates in airplane bathroom for three hours after positive COVID test

CHICAGO, Ill. (KYMA, KECY) - A Chicago woman says she chose to isolate in an airplane bathroom for three hours after testing positive for COVID mid-flight.

Marisa Fotieo was flying to Iceland on December 19 with her brother and dad.

She says she took two PCR tests and about five rapid tests before the flight, all of them negative.

But, when she started to feel a sore throat on the flight, she took another test and it was positive.

She says the flight was full, so there was no way to rearrange seating so she could be distanced from others.

She says a flight attendant asked if she would stay in the bathroom and she gladly agreed, to protect others on the flight.

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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