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Covid: 87 guests test positive after attending super-spreader wedding

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Photo (for illustrative purposes): Reuters

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Telangana - All 370 guests who were present at the wedding have undergone a Covid test.

Published: Mon 5 Apr 2021, 4:55 PM

Updated: Mon 5 Apr 2021, 5:30 PM

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Eighty-seven guests have tested positive for Covid after attending a super-spreader wedding in a village in Telangana, India.

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According to India Today, all 370 guests at the wedding have now undergone testing and infected individuals have been isolated and quarantined at home.

District health officials have set up a Covid camp and an isolation facility in the village and are in the process of testing and contact tracing.

Many Covid-positive guests have also been admitted to the government general hospital in Nizamabad.

On Sunday, the Nizamabad district of Telangana reported 96 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours. The district is located at the Maharashtra border.



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