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Dozens of Qantas passengers onboard a Launceston to Melbourne flight earlier this month are being urged to get tested and self-isolate after a vaccinated health care worker tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after his connecting flight to the UK. In total, 61 passengers on Qantas flight QF1542 to Melbourne from Tasmania on 2 July are affected, after the man initially tested negative for COVID prior to boarding the flight. The man spent around four hours in Melbourne before boarding his connecting flight to the UK via Singapore, flight SQ228. More than 72 hours after leaving Melbourne, the man returned a positive COVID-19 test. Authorities have said the order for other passengers onboard QF1542 to test and self-isolate is being made out of an abundance of caution, as currently it is believed the man actually contracted the virus in transit between Singapore and the UK.<br/>

A Turkish bodybuilder and social media influencer was stopped from boarding an American Airlines flight for allegedly wearing “too short” denim shorts that would “disturb families” on the plane. Deniz Saypinar was stopped from boarding a flight from Texas to Miami on 8 July for her denim shorts — that were considered “too short” — and a small brown tank top. Soon after she was stopped, she took to her Instagram account to vent about the incident. Saypinar, 26, is a bodybuilder, entrepreneur and social media influencer. She is the first woman from Turkey to have received the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) status. Saypinar is also the first non-US citizen to win the US National Bikini Fitness Competition in 2021, reports said. On her Instagram, Saypinar said that she had moved to America to “experience freedom” but was shocked by the “ridiculous” behaviour of American Airlines staff. She tearfully said: “I am not naked.”<br/>