Woman isolates in a plane bathroom in the US

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• Dec 31, 2021 | Deleted

Digital Desk: A woman who tested positive for Covid locked herself in a plane's toilet and self-isolated for five hours to protect other passengers from contracting the infection.

Marisa Fotieo was travelling in a transatlantic flight from Chicago to Iceland on December 20 when she began to feel symptoms of the virus, including a sore throat.

"I just took my rapid test and I brought it into the bathroom, and within what felt like two seconds there were two lines [indicating a positive test]," Fotieo told NBC News.

"There were 150 people on the flight, and my biggest fear was giving it to them," she said.

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In an interview with CNN, Fotieo said she was fully vaccinated with a booster shot and had been en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her brother and father when she tested positive mid-flight.

"I opted to stay in the bathroom because I did not want to be around others on the flight," the early childhood teacher said.

She said the self-isolation was made bearable because of the care of flight attendant Ragnhildur "Rocky" Eiríksdóttir.

"She made sure I had everything I needed for the next five hours from food to drinks and constantly checked on me assuring me I would be all right," Marisa wrote in an email to NBC News.