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Lockdown 4.0: Restart risks at Maruti, Hyundai as coronavirus strikes

3 workers test positive in Hyundai, 1 in Maruti

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The country’s largest automaker, Maruti, had resumed operations at the Manesar plant near Delhi on May 12

Gireesh Babu Chennai/New Delhi
Two of India’s top automakers have reported first cases of coronavirus among their workers in less than two weeks of opening up after the government relaxed nationwide lockdown rules.
 
Maruti Suzuki India, which sells one in every two cars in the country, has said one worker at Manesar plant had tested positive and there was the possibility of a second case. A Maruti spokesperson said “more information was being sought”.

Hyundai Motor India, the country’s second largest car manufacturer, said on Sunday three of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19. And, test results of 16 more workers who possibly