Six teenagers from a High Wycombe private school are stuck in quarantine in Greece for two weeks after one of them tested positive for Covid, according to national reports.

The Daily Mail has reported that the girls, all pupils at Wycombe Abbey and aged between 17 and 18, were celebrating the end of their A-Levels in Zante and preparing to fly home on Saturday.

But when they took their required Covid lateral flow tests before going to the airport, one of the girls tested positive.

Elise Dunweber, the mother of one of the girls, told MailOnline how the pupils had their passports taken and were “effectively kidnapped” by police before being taken to a quarantine hotel, where they must stay for 14 days.

She said: “It has been a terrifying ordeal for them. They are stuck in Greece while we are at home and we can't do anything to help them.

“It just goes to show the confusion that lots of holidaymakers are facing at the moment with Covid and isolation. The rules aren’t clear, it’s chaotic and no one knows what's going on.”

According to MailOnline, the case has now been taken on by foreign secretary Dominic Raab, with the Foreign Office reportedly saying the case is being looked at by consular officials.

The girl who tested positive, was said to be staying in a different part of the group’s accommodation and was told she would have to isolate – but the other seven girls were all given ‘fitness to fly’ certificates after testing negative.

While at the airport, the group was contacted by the girl who had tested positive, who told them the police were looking for them.

They were taken to a hotel where they were asked to stay for 14 days, and realised they were in a quarantine hotel, Mrs Dunweber, who stood in the 2015 General Election as a Conservative candidate for the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency, told the paper.

She also said the group was told they would not be able to get tested again before the end of the 14 days.

She added: “They are all good girls. They are polite and well educated. They are not criminals and at every point they have done what they have been told to do.

“I just find it bizarre how they are being treated. They are in basic rooms, but they are all in good spirits and they are just waiting to get out.”