Is the new Covid-19 strain in the UK more dangerous? Are vaccines effective? Many countries, including India, have halted flights to the UK, after its Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that a new strain of the coronavirus that is spreading through the country is 70 per cent more infectious than the original. How concerned should one be? There is no evidence to support if this variant is more dangerous. Nevertheless, a faster rate of transmission means more people could get infected than before. This in turn could lead to an added burden on an already strained healthcare system, the writer of the article says.
No money to pay rent : Tough times for Delhi tattoo artists during COVID pandemic
City tattoo studios are struggling to pay rents and have cut staff to deal with a negligible customer base
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Devil’s Tattooz does not allow customers without a mask and has made shoe covers mandatory before entry. (Photo | Devil’s Tattooz)
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Beauty and hair salons are back in business, thanks to the wedding season, but many tattoo studios are still struggling to get work. Vansh Chhabra of Pigment-ed Tattoo Studio, Lajpat Nagar, says, “Business for us has been fine, but I know a lot of studio owners who are badly affected. A friend of mine, who owned a studio, committed suicide as he could not afford to pay the shop’s rent. We had staged a protest against people who continued to force tenants to pay the rent, even after his death.”