Beating Covid With Chorus, Shanghai Couple's "Surreal" Wedding
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Shanghai: Groom Matthew Mitchener, 35, said he initially had doubts about a lockdown wedding but they melted away when he caught sight of his bride in a figure-hugging wedding dress highlighting her five-month baby bump.
A couple in Shanghai have beaten Covid lockdowns and bureaucracy to tie the knot, celebrating their marriage in the car park of their housing compound after a ceremony officiated via Zoom from the United States.
With the "Bridal Chorus" on speaker, a smattering of socially distanced friends and an immaculate white dress complete with blue surgical mask, bride Janelle Nuyts walked down the aisle followed by an official in a hazmat suit who disinfected the ground around her.
Shanghai's weeks-long lockdown has brought the business hub of 25 million people to a halt as China sticks with its zero-Covid policy.
But an easing of the rules in recent weeks has allowed some residents out of their homes, although mostly within the confines of their housing developments.
