Groom may have been coronavirus super-spreader at his own big Indian wedding

[Mike 03]

CBS News
BY ARSHAD R. ZARGAR
JULY 1, 2020 / 7:55 AM

New Delhi — A young software engineer working in a Delhi suburb who returned to his hometown in the eastern state of Bihar last month for his wedding may have infected almost 100 people with the coronavirus. The groom himself died with COVID-19 symptoms just two days after the ceremony, which was attended by more 350 friends and family.

The groom, 30, traveled to his hometown of Paliganj in Bihar in the second week of May. He soon began showing symptoms typical of the new coronavirus — fever and diarrhoea — as the June 15 wedding day approached, but he wasn't tested for the virus and his family reportedly ignored his wishes to postpone the big day.

"Even though he was feeling unwell by June 14 and wanted the wedding deferred, family heads from both sides advised against it, citing huge financial losses if the arrangements had to be cancelled," a relative was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.

The groom was given some over-the-counter medicine to bring down his fever, and the families went ahead with the wedding on June 15 as planned. More than 350 guests from his village and his bride's feasted and celebrated together that day.

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Initially posted in the Lounge by mistake. Story is too serious and too sad for the lounge.

[GusBob]

1. Too serious Too Sad and

Too much Stupidity

He tried to do the right thing but money got in the way

[dewsgirl]

2. I read about this earlier.😔

[UpInArms]

3. "citing huge financial losses if the arrangements had to be cancelled"

I guess there are things more important than living ....

[hatrack]

6. See also: "DeSantis, Ron"

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Did they save money by reusing the flowers? I feel for the families, I really do, but italy

had already shown the world what we’re dealing with.

[dalton99a]

5. "It was after the family had cremated him that someone tipped off the district authorities"

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/wedding-ceremony-sets-off-biggest-covid-19-infection-chain-in-bihar-6483697/
Groom dead, 113 positive: Wedding emerges as Bihar super-spreader of Covid-19
The groom, who was running high fever, died on June 17, two days after the wedding in a village in Paliganj sub-division of Patna district, about 22 km from the state capital, and was cremated without a coronavirus test.