Domestic travel has also surged significantly, buoyed by ongoing weddings and festive engagements. The palpable enthusiasm within domestic travel is evident, showcasing a notable uptick, with hotels registering robust year-end occupancies, Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) president-elect Pradeep Shetty said.
The daily positivity rate has almost doubled in the last one week and the cases are rapidly rising. According to Union Health Ministry data, at least 9,111 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours at a daily positivity rate of 8.40 per cent that was around 3.39 per cent last week.
COVID-19 resurgence: Calling the COVID resurgence “thermonuclear bad”, Eric Feigl-Ding said that 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of the global population is likely to be infected in the next 90 days.
Tourist attractions including Shanghai Disney Resort will be temporarily closed starting from Tuesday amid the latest resurgence of COVID-19 in the city. On Monday, Shanghai reported 20 local confirmed cases and 158 asymptomatic carriers, including three COVID-19 cases and three asymptomatic carriers detected at the community level, according to Shanghai health authorities on Tuesday.