Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 13; Flight Crew Total 4209; Flight Crew Type 3627
Confusion
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Procedure; Company Policy
The aircraft right center fuel pump low pressure light would not go out with the switch on.  The flight would not be legal to operate in ETOPS airspace (ZZZZ-ZZZ).  Due to the COVID pandemic; deplaning passengers/crew at any of the stations was unavailable.  Decision was made to operate the aircraft back to ZZZ1.  For FDPs originating in ZZZ1: 'The second sequence will begin in either ZZZZ1 or ZZZZ and have no more than one segment; ending in ZZZ.'  Due to the inability to continue the flight to ZZZ and the inability to deplane the aircraft; the decision was made to have 'Crew B' operate the aircraft from ZZZZ2 back to ZZZ1.
We had a center tank (right) inop fuel pump on deck in ZZZZ2. We were thus unable to complete the future ETOPS portion of our assigned trip to ZZZZ1; ZZZZ and ZZZ. My copilot and I reached our time limit during the ensuing company machinations to determine the fate and future of our trip. When we timed out we were on the ramp in ZZZZ2. There are dramatic virus pandemic restrictions of personnel in ALL of the X locations encompassed by company. These were supposedly excepted/exempted for crews that got 'stuck' in the various X locations due to maintenance issues; etc.; but apparently were not; at least not in ZZZZ2.  The company was aware of our plight; and the restrictions; and determined the best course of action was for the relief pilots to assume flight duties and fly the aircraft back to ZZZ1. The relief crew planned and flew the flight back to ZZZ1 without any known incident.
Air carrier flight crew reported equipment problems and having to change destinations due to COVID-19 restrictions.