A couple was arrested at a Hawaii airport for traveling on a flight from California despite knowing they were infected with COVID-19, authorities said. Wesley Moribe, 41, and Courtney Peterson, 46, boarded a United Airlines flight to Lihue with a 4-year-old child after San Francisco International Airport officials told them Sunday to isolate themselves and avoid the flight, the Kauai Police Department said.
Police escorted the couple to a designated isolation room after the plane landed, where they were arrested on suspicion of second-degree reckless endangering.
The residents of Wailua on Kauai were released after posting $1,000 bail each.
The child was released into the care of a family member and the Child Protective Services division of the state Department of Human Services was notified.
Moribe and Peterson took COVID-19 detection tests before the flight as part of Hawaii’s pre-travel testing program, officials said.
They both tested positive for the virus and were taken to the San Francisco airport’s quarantine station and told not to fly.
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