Kurnool: A person awaiting coronavirus test results got married and fell sick on the night of his wedding. The new bride has been home quarantined and the samples of 70 families which were present at the wedding and reception have been taken for Covid-19 testing, after they were home quarantined.

According to the sources, The groom, a resident of Marrimanu Thanda of Pattikonda mandal of Kurnool district, who has been working at a private hospital in Hyderabad, had given his samples for the test for Covid-19, but had gone to his home village to get married even before his results could be out.

The man got married on the morning of June 10 to a woman, a native of same district and their reception was held in her village on the same night. The groom started developing symptoms of Covid-19 at the reception itself. In the meantime, the results came out that he was positive to coronavirus. The bridegroom had been isolated and the new bride has been home quarantined in the village itself.