In a first such instance, 80 out of nearly 300 guests, who were part of a wedding feast-cum-function in Patna’s Paliganj area have tested positive sending the entire health wing of the state government into a tizzy.
Shockingly, the groom had lost his life a couple of days after the marriage which was held on June 15.
The groom, working in Gurugram as a software techie, had arrived on June 12 days for his wedding on June 15 but died in a couple of days after developing fever and other symptoms akin to COVID-19.
The ceremony took place on June 15 at village Deehpali in Paliganj of Patna district. The 30-year-old groom, a software engineer from Gurugram in Haryana, had come to his village for his wedding.
He was said to be unwell at the time of his wedding and having symptoms of COVID-19 but, under family pressure, went ahead with the function.
Two days later, on June 17, he died even before he could reach Patna’s All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) but was cremated without being tested for COVID-19.
Later, a few villagers informed the Patna district administration about the groom’s death and a team of doctors and para-medics rushed to the village to collect samples of those who attended the ceremony.
The administration has said there was massive violation of guidelines by the family who went ahead with the wedding despite the groom showing symptoms of Covid-19.
