Covid infects ATC, power grid ops as staff, kin fall sick

At last count, nearly one in every five air traffic controllers at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport — the country’s largest — was out of action, either directly or indirectly affected by Covid-19. Officials at POSOCO — India’s electricity grid manager — have alluded to a “worrying shortage” of operators, including those manning some control rooms. These are some of the critical infrastructure operations that could be potentially at risk from the second surge that the country is witnessing.

According to Health Ministry data, as of Sunday morning, there were 33,49,644 active Covid cases in India, an increase of 80,934 over the previous day.