Pandemic TollAccording to E. Muthukumar, president of a union representing Hyundai employees, seven workers at the automaker’s plant have died of Covid in the past month and 750 tested positive for the virus.
He said there will be two shifts a day when the factory reopens on Monday May 31, instead of the usual three. A Hyundai spokesman said there would be no such change.India has been pummeled by the pandemic, with close to 27 million confirmed cases and over 307,000 deaths, though the real toll is likely to be much higher.