Covid-19: Why are weddings still being celebrated despite the obvious risks?
Many states have limited the number of guests who can attend events. But public health authorities warn that it would be safer if all gatherings were cancelled. A wedding procession in Ajmer on April 30. | Himanshu Sharma/AFP
Until a week before Delhi resident Sahil Gulati was due to get married, he had second thoughts about whether to go through with the celebration in the middle of the pandemic. Delhi’s healthcare system was being battered by a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases and gasping patients in need of oxygen were dying because they could not find beds in the city’s already-packed hospitals.