Staggered lockdowns start to bite battered restaurants
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Even though take-outs and ordering have been exempted from the restrictions and continue in the bigger metros, there are fears that deliveries alone may not be enough to tide them over this time around and restaurateurs worry that this situation may persist for at least six months.
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As cities and states across India shut down, the pandemic has not only reduced mobility and activity but also severely impacted the restaurant business, which was just about emerging from the doldrums after last year’s lockdown.
Even though take-outs and ordering have been exempted from the restrictions and continue in the bigger metros, there are fears that deliveries alone may not be enough to tide them over this time around and restaurateurs worry that this situation may persist for at least six months.
Many workers that are most at risk dont have a choice about venturing out. With various parts of the country now under lockdown and subject to various restrictions, experts suggest that once supply constraints ease, there is cause to take up vaccination on priority for those who step out for work.
As a deadly second wave of Covid devastates India, people are grappling not just with the disease and its brutal after effects on the body, but with stress and anxiety, grief and terror in dealing with a pandemic, whose magnitude is overwhelming.
›The antidote to 3rd wave of Covid is combination of social distancing, health infra and massive vaccination outreach
The antidote to 3rd wave of Covid is combination of social distancing, health infra and massive vaccination outreach
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The antidote to 3rd wave of Covid is combination of social distancing, health infra and massive vaccination outreachBy
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The key question at this juncture is: will there be a third wave, and if yes, how should the government and citizens gear up to confront that? The antidote to such a wave, scientists and virologists say, lies in a combination of measures such as social distancing, masking, ramping up of health infrastructure and last-mile vaccination with a sense of urgency.