How India’s COVID-19 Crisis Is Devastating the Local Entertainment Sector1 min read

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The devastating second wave of the COVID-19 crisis in India has turned many sectors of the local economy upside down, including the country’s storied entertainment industry, which was still reeling from the effects of last year’s first wave of the pandemic.

India is currently the epicentre of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the country accounting for over 3.7 million active cases while the total death toll has crossed 246,000. In the first week of May, a World Health Organisation report stated that India accounted for 46 percent of new cases recorded worldwide and 25 percent of deaths.

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