Covid-19: Panic in Azadpur mandi after death; officials say ops to continue

In the last few days, some traders threatened to suspend their operations following the death of a trader due to Covid-19 and after rumours apread that two more mandi workers had got infected.

Panic gripped Delhi’s Azadpur mandi, one of the biggest wholesale markets in the country, over talk that a section of traders was looking to suspend their operations after one person died because of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), even though officials repeatedly clarified that operations would continue as usual.

“All rumours regarding some traders threatening not to run their shops over Covid-19 fears is completely unfounded and all shops are operating normally and will continue to do so in the coming days as well,” Adil Ahmed Khan, chairman of Azadpur APMC, told Business Standard on Friday.