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Indian Capital Makes a Gradual, Uneasy Comeback

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - Signs are being spruced up and prayers performed as shops
   in the Indian capital open their shutters after two months with the
   gradual easing of a stringent lockdown.

   Markets were allowed to reopen recently after the government signaled
   economic activity must resume, even as the fight against the COVID -19
   pandemic continues. Traffic is humming on once-deserted streets as
   buses and auto rickshaws have been given the go-ahead to operate.

   However, people in the city of nearly 20 million-- one of the worst-hit
   in the country--remain hesitant about venturing out as cases of
   coronavirus touched record highs in recent days.

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