Nicole Shutowich's rapid COVID-19 test came back positive while
she was in Panama trying to get on a flight to New Jersey.
Shutowich was in Panama for a
friend's 30th birthday on a private island, but she never thought she'd
be stuck there an additional 14 days.
She has been fully vaccinated since
March. Everyone in her group was also vaccinated.
Delta Airlines requires all its passengers returning to the U.S.
be COVID-19 tested. Shutowich and her group of friends did so at the airport,
but her rapid test returned positive.
Shutowich then had to quarantine, and was stuck there for another
two weeks.
She has been retested and her
PCR test came back negative.
Shutowich believes her test results were a false positive because
no one else in her group of 20 tested positive.