There are new rules for those traveling abroad due to the
emergence of the omicron variant.
One man from the tri-state area just discovered
what it was like to quarantine while abroad.
Rich Richardson, a Connecticut resident, was
getting ready to fly back to the United States from a family vacation in the Caribbean.
He tested positive for COVID-19 and had to spend another week in Aruba on
lockdown.
"I felt like I was in prison cause I
couldn't do anything until they told me what to do," Richardson says.
He was fully vaccinated when he took the trip in August and
ended up in quarantine when travelers could get tested three days before
leaving.
American officials are now requiring all
travelers flying to the United States, including American citizens to show
proof of a negative COVID test one day before their flight.
The dean of Brown University's School of Public
Health says this will help catch more infections before people come to the
country.
Richardson says after his international
quarantine stay, he will be staying domestically for at least a year.
"It just makes a lot of sense to play local for a while and not chance
it," Richardson says.