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In a shocking incident, 44 guests in a wedding party contracted coronavirus from a singly person

In a shocking incident, 44 guests in a wedding party contracted coronavirus from a singly person

ISLAMABAD – In a shocking incident, 44 guests in a wedding party contractedcoronavirus from a singly person.

As many as 44 people caught novel coronaviurs from a single guest at awedding ceremony in Uruguay.

According to the details, a fashion designer Carmela Hontou, 57, attendedthe wedding celebration in the upmarket neighbourhood of Carrasco inUruguay’s capital Montevideo.

She at the party which was attended by 500 people just hours after landingin the country from Spain.

It is pertinent to mention here that Uruguay has seen confirmed coronaviurs cases leap from four on March 12 to 79 on Wednesday, with another 392suspected cases.

This jump has been linked to the spread of the disease at the party in thecountry’s capital, Mail Online reported

Defending her decision to attend the social gathering, the designer saidthat she also had lunch with her 84-year-old grandmother the same day andwent to another party the next day where there were many other people.

Hontou said, ‘That’s ridiculous! Plus, do you know how many people came onthat plane?’

Ms Hontou revealed that she had developed a fever of 41 degrees and calleda doctor after visiting Madrid in January.