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Covid-positive man caught boarding flight disguised as wife in Indonesia Blog
Covid-positive man boards Indonesia flight disguised as wife.
A Covid-positive Indonesian man was caught by authorities attempting to disguise himself as his wife so that he could board a domestic Citilink flight.
The unnamed man used his wife’s identification card and negative Covid-19 test certificate to fly from Jakarta to Ternate on the northern island of Maluku.
Incredibly, the man, identified only by his initials DW and who wore a full-face veil, was able to board the aircraft and fly to Ternate without being detected.
It was until just before leaving the aircraft, a flight attendant noticed his change in appearance when he ditched the women’s clothing in the plane’s lavatory.
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DW was detained and tested immediately which showed a positive result. He was ordered to self-isolate at home.
Police say they will move to prosecute him as soon as his quarantine ends.
“He bought the plane ticket with his wife’s name and brought the identity card, the PCR test result and the vaccination card with his wife’s name. All documents are under his wife’s name,” Ternate police chief Aditya Laksimada said.
The incident comes amid Indonesia’s devastating wave of coronavirus infections, driven by the Delta variant.
This month, the country overtook India and Brazil in the number of daily cases, becoming the new epicenter of the pandemic. The government reported nearly 50,000 new infections and 1,566 deaths on Friday.
Hundreds of children in Indonesia have died from the coronavirus in recent weeks, many of them under age 5, a mortality rate greater than that of any other country.
Overall, Indonesia has reported more than three million cases and 83,000 deaths.
