Wedding photo becomes symbol of South Korea MERS scare

This handout photo taken on June 6, 2015 in Seoul and released by wedding planner 'Sewing for the Soil' shows a young South Korean couple (centre) and dozens of guests standing together for a group photo -- almost all of their faces shielded by white masks. -AFP

SEOUL: A South Korean couple’s special day has become an unexpected symbol of the country’s MERS health scare, after a joke wedding photo with their guests wearing surgical face masks went viral.

The picture that flooded South Korean social networking sites showed the young couple formally posing with dozens of family and friends -- with nearly everyone’s face obscured by the white masks.