A Chinese couple who were trapped on a never-ending date thanks to a coronavirus lockdown have been relieved to find that love, and not Covid-19, is in the air and have agreed to tie the knot.
It is the second time this month that China's state media have published reports about a couple on a date getting trapped by sudden lockdown rules - but this one has a happier ending.
Zhao Xiaoqing, a 28-year-old woman from northern China's Shaanxi province, thought her date in mid-December with a young man living in a different city would be a one-day affair where she would also get to know his family.
Young Chinese people living in smaller cities and rural communities often rely on family and friends to introduce potential matches and can meet their date's family at the same time. "I never thought about staying the night, because it's pretty awkward," Ms Zhao, who was meeting the man for only the second time, told local media Jimu News earlier this week.