Khammam: Alarmed at the increase in the number of covid-19 cases, the traders in Khammam have decided to reduce the business hours from Wednesday onwards. According to the Chamber of Commerce and Trade sources, it was planned to open the shops at 5 am and close them by 2 pm as part of the partial […]
"Fresh surge in Covid cases, consequent lockdowns and slow rollout of vaccines, especially in Europe, are likely to delay demand recovery to pre-Covid levels," ICICI Securities report said
The US has the world's highest death toll of more than 299,000, and the largest number of cases, at 16.2 million -- including more than 1.5 million new cases in just the past week.
Worldwide, more than 1.3 million people have died of Covid-19 and over 55 million have been reported infected with the virus since it first surfaced in China late last year.