1,000 guests at Telangana man’s wedding
nHYDERABAD : District authorities of Telangana’s Warangal town forced a 29-year old man with travel history to France to postpone his wedding reception in the evening, after learning that his ceremony on Thursday was attended by nearly 1,000 guests.
Warangal (urban) district collector Rajeev Gandhi Hanumanthu said that the businessman from Warangal had returned on March 12.
“He had undergone thermal screening at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, and was cleared for Covid-19,” the collector said. “The new (international travel) guidelines came into force only after chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao held a high-level official meeting to review Sars-cov-12 situation in the state. That was how, the groom could escape being quarantined.”
On March 11, the government issued an advisory that all incoming travellers including Indian nationals, who had arrived from or visited
France,and six other countries after February 15, 2020 shall be quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days. This was to come into effect from March 13.
On March 14, the government had instructed that no more than 200 guests should be allowed at any wedding. “According to the information we received, nearly 1,000 guests attended the wedding. But his family members refuted it saying the crowd was not more than 200. In any case, we forced him to cancel the reception on Friday evening,” the collector said.
He said a team of doctors tested on the groom and his family members, but none of them showed any symptoms. “We have asked him to stay in home quarantine for another week. We shall send the team daily to conduct tests,” Hanumanthu said.
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WARANGAL DISTRICT AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAD BEEN TO FRANCE. THEY ASKED HIM TO POSTPONE RECEPTION