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B747-437B
Officially any transit >8hrs and <24hrs is required to go to the free transit hotel provided by Ethiopian - you are not allowed to remain in the transit area for >8hrs (this is not enforced diligently though). Personally, I wouldn't even consider 11 hours in the lounge voluntarily if the Skylight Hotel was an option.
I have a slight irrational fear of being randomly selected for asymptomatic testing and being positive on the way to SEZ where we will be spending a very large amount of money for our honeymoon.