NEW DELHI – Key Indian cities re-opened for business on Monday, after a devastating second wave of coronavirus disease 2019 that killed hundreds of thousands.
The 100,636 new infections of the past 24 hours on Monday were the lowest in the world’s second most populous nation since April 6, and well off last month’s peaks of more than 400,000, allowing authorities to re-open parts of the economy.
“We have to save ourselves from infection but also bring the economy back on track,” Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Twitter.
He ordered half the capital’s shops to open on odd and even numbered days of the month respectively, in a bid to limit crowds, but allowed offices and the Delhi underground rail network to run at 50 percent of capacity.(Reuters)