Bride tests COVID positive just before wedding, officials allow couple to tie knot in PPE kits

JAIPUR: In a first in the country,  a bride who tested positive for the coronavirus just before her wedding in Baran district of Rajasthan, was allowed to sit for the wedding rituals in PPE kit by the district administration.

Not just the bride, but the groom, their parents and even the priest were seen wearing PPE kits to complete the wedding ceremony.

It is the first wedding in the country that has taken place in a Covid Care Center in PPE kits.

The bride, from Chhatarganj village of Kelwara, was to get married to a government teacher from Danta. The bride's mother got ill a couple of days ahead of the marriage. She immediately took the COVID-19 test and was found positive just a few hours before the ceremony.

#WATCH Rajasthan: A couple gets married at Kelwara Covid Centre in Bara, Shahbad wearing PPE kits as bride's #COVID19 report came positive on the wedding day.

The marriage ceremony was conducted following the govt's Covid protocols. pic.twitter.com/6cSPrJzWjR

— ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2020

Her family was now confused because as per Hindu customs, once the wedding rituals begin, the marriage shouldn't be delayed.

The administrative officials on the request of the family and after taking instructions from the district administration, made a three member committee which comprised of Baran District Collector SDM Kelwara, SHO, Block chief medical officer and Dr. Arif to decide on the matter. 

This way the wedding finally took place in the premises of a Covid Care Center under Coronavirus protocol, in the presence of government officials. 

"The family insisted that they cannot postpone the marrige as they had to follow the rituals and traditions. The marriage was performed following strict Covid protocols. The pandit was also wearing a PPE kit" said CHMO Baran Dr. Sampat Raj Nagar.

After the marriage the bride was admitted to the COVID care centre along with her mother. 

The groom was also admitted and his samples have been taken for COVID-19 test.

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