Four times vaccinated woman tests COVID-19 positive at airport

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— Reuters/ File.
— Reuters/ File.

  • Woman, 30, who was four times vaccinated tested positive for COVID-19.
  • After receiving the results of the rapid RT-PCR tests, woman got prohibited from boarding a Dubai-bound flight at the Indore airport.
  • She was sent to the hospital for treatment.


Officials on Wednesday said that a woman got prohibited from boarding a Dubai-bound flight at the Indore airport of India after she tested COVID-19 positive even by being vaccinated four times.

According to NDTV,  Indore Chief Medical and Health Officer (CHMO) Dr Bhure Singh Setia said: "A woman of around 30 years of age, who has been already vaccinated four times in different countries, tested COVID-19 positive at the airport and was admitted to a hospital. She was asymptomatic and tested negative a day before."

The arrival of the woman was 12 days before her return to Dubai and Rapid RT-PCR tests were conducted as per the standard practice. After the woman was found COVID-19 positive, she was sent to the hospital for treatment.

Dr Singh further said that the woman had taken four doses of the vaccine between January and August 2021.