Groom dead, over 100 infected with COVID-19 after wedding in Bihar
Patna/IBNS: More than 100 people in Bihar have tested positive for the novel coronavirus after attending a wedding followed by the funeral of the groom who reportedly tied the knot while being infected with the contagion.
According to reports, the groom, aged 26 years, had COVID-19 symptoms when he got married on June 15. He succumbed to the virus a day later.
Some 111 people have been infected with the contagion after they first attended the wedding and then the funeral of the groom.
Around 400 people, who attended the wedding and then the funeral, have been identified and isolated.
Doctors believe that the groom was the source of the infection spread and he was cremated even before tests could be carried out.
The groom, who was a software engineer, had returned home from near Delhi only a week before the wedding.
He had then shown symptoms of the virus and got admitted to a hospital briefly. However, his family got him discharged to host the wedding.
None of the groom's immediate relatives, including his bride, tested positive.
Authorities have now launched an investigation to check the possible flouting of social distancing norms during the wedding and funeral.
As per rule, no more than 50 guests are allowed in weddings and a maximum of 20 people can gather for funerals owing to the pandemic situation.
Bihar has recorded nearly 10,000 cases with 62 deaths so far.
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