THE Taj Mahal reopened to visitors in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture, even as India looks set to overtake the US as the global leader in coronavirus infections.

India, home to 1.3 billion people and some of the world’s most crowded cities, has recorded more than 5.4 million COVID-19 cases. About 100,000 new infections and more than 1,000 deaths are reported daily. – September 22, 2020.