Illinois woman finds apparent COVID-19 test specimen in online delivery package
Illinois resident Andrea Ellis was opening a package she ordered for her aunt when she found out that the package also had someone’s COVID-19 test specimen.
Updated: December 24, 2020 11:14:13 am
The package reported contained a used nasal swab inside a biohazard bag and identifying information of a person from Virginia. (Picture credit: AP)
An Illinois woman who ordered flags for her grandmother’s garden got a surprise when the package arrived — someone’s apparent COVID-19 test specimen.
Andrea Ellis was wrapping Christmas gifts at her aunt’s house in East Moline, in north-western Illinois, when she opened a padded envelope containing the flags she ordered weeks ago from the department store chain Kohl’s, according to The Quad-City Times.