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Indian groom’s wedding, funeral leave more than 100 infected with coronavirus

Muslim News Nigeria by Muslim News Nigeria
July 3, 2020
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Indian groom’s wedding, funeral leave more than 100 infected with coronavirus

Bride not among 111 people who have tested positive after attending wedding, where groom showed COVID-19 symptoms.

More than 100 people have tested positive for coronavirus in India after attending a wedding followed by a funeral for the groom, who reportedly tied the knot while ill with COVID-19.

Officials in Bihar state said on Wednesday the 26-year-old groom had symptoms of the virus when he got married in a village of Patna district on June 15. He died two days later and was cremated before a coronavirus test could be carried out.

“So far 111 people who either attended the wedding or the funeral have tested positive,” said Raj Kishor Chaudhary, chief medical officer in Patna, the state capital. “All others have been identified and isolated.”

Doctors are not certain the unnamed groom, an engineer, was the source of the infection, but Chaudhary said some 400 people who attended the wedding or funeral would be isolated following a spike in infections.

The groom, a software engineer who returned home from the capital, New Delhi, a week before the wedding, had shown symptoms before the nuptials.

He was briefly admitted to the hospital, but his family had him discharged and hosted the wedding for more than 300 guests.

He died at home two days later, with nearly 200 people attending the funeral. Some had attended both.

None of the groom’s relatives – including his bride – tested positive, officials said.

Authorities have launched an investigation into possible violations of physical distancing regulations on the number of guests at both the wedding and funeral.

No more than 50 guests are allowed at weddings – and 20 people at funerals – to limit the risk of spreading coronavirus.

The epidemic is raging across the South Asian country of 1.3 billion people, with almost 600,000 infections and 17,000 deaths reported so far.

Bihar, one of the country’s poorest regions and home to 120 million people, has recorded nearly 10,000 cases, with 62 deaths.

Experts believe a lack of testing is hiding the true figures and that the nationwide toll is far higher than reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has eased lockdown restrictions despite a surge in cases.

But on Tuesday he warned the nation to be more cautious.”We have become lackadaisical,” he said.

“I again want you all to observe precautions in the same way as under lockdown.”

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