https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/12/15/sports/pipe-masters-contestant-yago-dora-met-requirements-for-exemption-authorities-say/?notif_id=34886
On Friday, after the World Surf League announced the suspension of the Pipe Masters world championship surf competition at Oahu’s Banzai Pipeline because WSL CEO Erik Logan and four other staff members had tested positive for COVID-19, the coconut wireless flared up with speculation over the outbreak’s source.
Over the weekend, social media and surf blogs speculated Brazilian professional surfer and Pipe Masters entrant Yago Dora may have spread the virus, based on an Instagram post in which he reported, in his native Portuguese, he had tested negative for COVID-19 before his Nov. 26 flight from Brazil to Dallas, Texas, but then tested positive in the Dallas airport and, rather than continuing his trip to Hawaii, went into isolation in a hotel room for 10 days.
Dora said he was released from isolation after 10 days, but his COVID test remained positive. He added that with the help of WSL he received an exemption “from the Hawaiian government” allowing him to fly to Hawaii and bypass the state’s 14-day quarantine for arrivals who lack proof of a negative COVID test taken at least 72 hours before their flight.
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