An Ohio wedding attended by 83 guests has become the latest superspreader event in which nearly half of attendees contracted COVID-19.
The recent nuptials resulted in 32 people catching the virus - including the couple, Anthony and Mikayla Bishop, and three of their grandparents, two of which needed emergency care.
The couple told their local news station in Ohio, NBC-affiliated television station WLWT, that they had taken precautions for their big day.
With a local rise in cases, they opted to significantly reduce their guest list down from 200.
They said hand sanitiser and face masks were also distributed at the event - but apart from the couple's grandparents, very few people took up the offer, even during the close contact dancing at the reception.
Mikayla said she was surprised that people caught coronavirus at her wedding.
She said: "I didn't think that almost half of our wedding guests were gonna' get sick.
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