NEW DELHI: Malls and temples re-opened in several cities across India on Monday despite the country recording a record daily number of new coronavirus infections, with the pandemic expected to ravage the country for weeks to come. […]
Malls and temples re-opened in several cities across India on Monday despite the country recording a record daily number of new coronavirus infections, with the pandemic expected to ravage the country for weeks to come.
But the number of new cases rose by 9,983 to 256,611, according to government figures announced Monday, putting the country of 1.3 billion on course to overtake Britain and Spain among nations with the highest number of infections. The response was tentative, however, and only a trickle of people returned to some places of worship.
“People are having their temperature tested twice before they get in,” said Ravindra Goel, a trustee of the Jhandewalan temple, one of the oldest in Delhi. The Indian government says the tough lockdown it ordered on March 25 has limited the spread of the coronavirus.Rating agencies have said the economy could contract by more than five percent this year, after average growth of about seven percent over the past decade.
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