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Celebrating a wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses or close contact, but love lives here
Authorities limited the ceremony to 50 guests as Congo’s Ebola outbreak spread, forcing the couple to skip kisses, embraces and a crowded dance floor.
- On Saturday, Solange Hahati and For Jean Claude married at the Catholic Church in Bunia, Congo, adapting their wedding to comply with strict Ebola safety measures limiting public gatherings.
- Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak with 515 confirmed cases and 91 deaths, prompting local authorities to enforce social distancing and restrict public events to slow the disease.
- While the couple planned for 300 guests, Hahati told The Associated Press that authorities allowed only 50 people inside the Mass, forcing them to modify their celebration.
- There were no kisses or crowded dance floors during the ceremony, as the couple moved part of their reception Outside where guests could spread out more easily.
- Rev. Aim Lokanabego noted Some families have postponed weddings, as the Church cancels events involving higher risks of exposure to the rare Bundibugyo virus.
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Celebrating a Catholic wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses, but love lives here
BUNIA, Congo — There were no kisses, long embraces or a crowded dance floor packed with well-wishers. But there was love. As Congo is battling an Ebola disease outbreak that has killed nearly 100 people out of the more than 500 confirmed cases, local authorities have raced to slow the disease with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and enforcing social distancing. For Jean Claude Érable and his bride Solange Hahati, celebra…
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How the Ebola outbreak is changing weddings in Congo
Authorities have raced to slow the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and enforcing social distancing.
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