A groom watched his own wedding ceremony from outside a hotel while waiting for his COVID-19 test result in China.

Video filmed in the city of Urumqi in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 26 shows a groom squatting outside a hotel watching his bride at a wedding ceremony on his phone.

The groom's friends were heard saying: "The ceremony started but the groom is outside the hotel. Because he has not got the COVID-19 test result yet."

The groom's friend named Pu said the hotel asked for the COVID-19 test result within 48 hours at a short notice. Although the groom did the test immediately after receiving the notice, it took a long time for him to get the result.

So the bride had the ceremony with her parents first and then had the wedding ceremony with the groom when he got a negative result.

The groom name Deng said the COVID-19 rules suddenly changed so they had to provide the negative COVID-19 result they got within 48 hours instead of four days.

Since the guests all arrived they decided to let the bride, who got her COVID-19 test result a day before, have the ceremony with her parents first and postponed the wedding ceremony for more than 2 hours until the groom got his negative result.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

4月26日，新疆乌鲁木齐。一位新郎因为没有做核酸，婚礼当天进不去现场，只能蹲在酒店门口看自己婚礼直播。
视频显示，新郎身着礼服蹲在路边用手机看婚礼现场的直播，直播画面里，新娘正身着白纱站上舞台。身旁还有朋友笑称：新郎在外面。新郎好友蒲先生解释称，当时新郎没有做核酸，酒店临时通知要48小时的核酸检测结果。新郎得知后已抓紧时间做了，由于等待时间太长，新娘那边就先把仪式办了。新郎在酒店外看了一下新娘父母方的仪式，最后拿到核酸检测结果后，才补办仪式。
4月28日，新郎邓先生回应称，婚婚礼当天当地防疫政策有变，出入公共场合需要48小时核酸检测阴性。得知政策变化后他立即紧急补做核酸，但结果没有马上出来，所以他就在酒店外面等了一段时间。
“婚礼当天我收到短信通知说防疫政策变化，我马上去医院做了核酸检测。但结果没有马上出来，我就还是在酒店外面等。当时社区防疫的工作人员都在酒店门口查验核酸检测结果。原定婚礼是下午2时开始，我是4时43分进场的。其实当天不仅我，还有接近20位宾客，也因为没有48小时内的核酸检测结果没进入现场。”邓先生说。
邓先生还表示，事实上当天婚礼仪式有所推迟，视频中新娘上台是在举行和父母的仪式，他和新娘的仪式仍推迟到了他进场之后。视频中他笑得很开心，其实也是无奈的笑，“当时我其实都快哭了，朋友就在旁边开玩笑缓和气氛。”邓先生说。
对于临时变化的防疫政策，邓先生表示自己疫情期间曾两次在当地做过志愿者，还给社区的工作人员拍过纪录片，其实和防疫工作人员都认识，也能理解他们的工作。
新娘李女士介绍，此前，酒店通知他们只要有4天内的核酸检测结果就可以，婚礼前一天，她们家所在社区组织了日常的核酸检测，她就赶去做了。没想到第二天政策有变，当天她正在化妆的时候，得知新郎进不了酒店，她的第一反应是取消婚礼，但转念想父母、宾客都到场了，新人不出现不合适，她就先上了台。到了原定的婚礼时间，他和新郎也是商量着让宾客先开始吃饭，同时举行了部分仪式。（视频由新疆台提供）