Influencer Charly Jordan apologised to her fans on Monday for travelling to Rwanda during the coronavirus pandemic, writing on her Instagram Story that it was a "very incorrect time to travel".
She said she was "completely in the wrong for doing that" after spending several days in the African country and sharing an Instagram post that she had "made it to Rwanda" and "couldn't be more in love".
Ms Jordan has more than 5 million followers on TikTok and Instagram combined, and is friends with the 22-year-old internet star Tana Mongeau.
As coronavirus rates in the US remain high, Rwanda is one of only 30 countries currently open with restrictions to US citizens.
Last Wednesday, upon making it to Rwanda, Ms Jordan told her followers she was "definitely corona free haha,” complete with the crying face emoji.
Her trip got off to a good start, as she posted a video with silverback gorillas on Instagram, and videos of herself dancing and eating on TikTok.
However, everything changed when she tested positive for Covid-19, and tearfully said: "literally the f***ing government showed up at my place, and came and dragged me away from everybody I was with, and I don’t speak the language, and they locked me in this f***ing room. And I can’t leave.”
She added: “I don’t know how long I’m going to be here, and they won’t tell me anything.”
Ms Jordan also said that she already had coronavirus three months earlier, and had tested negative since.
According to Ms Jordan, the Rwandan government didn't tell her how she would have to remain isolated in her room and she was unable to smoke medical marijuana, which has helped her cope with anxiety for many years.
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Some fans criticised her decision to travel abroad in the middle of a pandemic, and later in a comment on her TikTok Ms Jordan said: “the U.S. shouldn’t be letting anyone be traveling out of the country”.
However, after being on lockdown for four days Ms Jordan received the news that she her test was a false positive.
She posted another video to TikTok, happy-crying and said: “I just got my second test results back and they’re negative which means their first test was wrong. They were wrong this whole time. I can leave!”
On Monday, she apologised on Instagram, and said she wouldn't be travelling until there's a coronavirus vaccine.
She said: “I would like to make an apology for traveling during this time, because I know that it’s a very incorrect time to travel, and I’m completely in the wrong for doing that, and I have learned my lesson one hundred percent."
“Trust me. I’ve been sitting here in this room, locked in this room for the past four days thinking about it, and I will not be traveling anymore during this time.”