Covid spell on marriage: Eight kin of newlywed test positive

LUCKNOW: Barely a fortnight back a flat in an apartment on Meera Bai Marg was echoing with post-wedding celebrations, but on Wednesday it was sealed and all occupants were shifted to a hospital.
As many as eight family members of a newly wed couple who tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday were also found to be suffering from the same disease.

The bride had come from Delhi along with her family and the couple got married on June 18.
The apartment was declared a containment zone soon after the newly wed had tested positive. “Now all the remaining family members have tested positive for the infection and have been admitted to Lok Bandhu hospital.
Other residents of the apartment and those who participated in the wedding are being tested,” said chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Narendra Agarwal.
These patients were among 35 fresh cases reported on Wednesday, pushing the city’s tally since the outbreak on March 11 to 1,110.
Of them 746 have been discharged so far, while 20 could not survive.
Eleven more places were notified to be turned into containment zones, taking the number to 113.
A technical employee of UP112 police emergency helpline was also tested positive, taking the number of cases linked to the call centre to 24.
Other cases included five members of a family from Chandganj and three family members of a lawyer from New Hyderabad Fresh cases were also reported fromNiralanagar, Daliganj, Indiranagar, Arjunganj, Rajajipuram, Narahi, Vinay Khand, Vijanyan Khand, Thakurganj, Sector 6 Gomtinagar, Chowk and Alarmbagh among others.