Vaccinated California couple stuck in Italy after positive coronavirus test

ITALY FOR ONE MOUNTAIN VIEW COUPLE HAS NOW TURNED INTO AN EXPENSIVE QUARANTINE. STAY THIS AFTER ONE OF THEM TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. THE COUPLE IS TELLING ABC 7 NEWS REPORTER JIM JOHNS THAT THEY WANT OTHERS TO LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES. IT'S A TRIP MANY PEOPLE DREAM OF WE ARRIVED IN ITALY ON THE 18TH, BUT FOR MATTHEW AND CATHERINE WALDEN THEIR ANNIVERSARY TO MILAN HAS TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE THE NIGHT THAT WE ARRIVED HERE TO ITALY WE I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH A FEVER BUT THAT'S MOURNING MATTHEW TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. DESPITE BOTH HE AND HIS WIFE TAKING TWO TESTS 24 HOURS BEFORE THEY LEFT AND BOTH BEING FULLY VACCINATED NOW, THEY'RE STUCK IN QUARANTINE AND THEIR HOTEL ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 21 DAYS DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS UNFOLD I TESTED NEGATIVE THIS WHOLE TIME. SO IF I STILL CONTINUE TEST NEGATIVE I CAN LEAVE ON DAY 10 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE POSITIVE CASE, BUT IF I TEST POSITIVE ON DAY 10, THEN THAT RESTARTS MY CLOCK THE TRIP COULD END UP COSTING THE WALDEN'S CLOSE TO $10,000 A FEE. THAT WON'T BE COVERED BY THE TRAVEL INSURANCE. THEY PURCHASED WE THOUGHT WE HAD REALLY GOOD TRAVEL INSURANCE. THIS IS BOTH THROUGH OUR CREDIT CARD AND THROUGH OUR EMPLOYER. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE LOOKED INTO WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT'S A CAUTIONARY TALE SAYS TRAVEL ATTORNEY RANDY WARREN WHO ADVISES EVERYONE THINKING OF TRAVELING ABROAD TO READ THE FINE PRINT OF WHATEVER INSURANCE POLICY THEY MAY GET BY TRAVEL MEDICAL INSURANCE A QUARANTINE IS NOT MEDICAL TREATMENT. IT'S MEDICAL ISOLATION WITHOUT ANY TREATMENT AND MAY WELL BE EXCLUDED. SO FOR NOW THE WALDENS ARE HOPING THEIR STORY SERVES AS A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR OTHERS THINKING OF GETTING AWAY UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO GET BACK HOME. JUST BE AWARE OF THE RISKS OF TRAVELING FULLY AWARE OF ALL THE PROCEDURES BEFORE TAKING A TRIP THAT YOU WON'T BE PREPARED TO QUARANTINE IN IN SAN FRANCISCO TIM JOHNS ABC 7 NEWS. IT'S NOT TREATMENT. IT'S ISOLATION LARRY. I FEEL SO FRUSTRATED FOR THEM BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND THEY DID WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY BOUGHT THEY BOUGHT TWO TYPES OF IT TWO TYPES OF TRAVEL INSURANCE AND THEY'RE STILL JUST STUCK. THAT'S THAT'S A CASE FOR MICHAEL. THE REST OF OUR SIDE EVERY ANNIVERSARY FROM HERE ON OUT SHOULD GO SHE'D GET BETTER. IT'S NOT

Channel: ABC7 News Bay Area

Views: 13,183

Keywords: abc, abc7 news, coronavirus, covid 19, covid travel restrictions, italy, italy covid, italy covid restrictions, international travel covid restrictions, couple stuck in italy

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Length: 2min 33sec (153 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 25 2021