Indian tea was predicted to rise in price due to coronavirus pandemic, seriously affected by the manufacturers of the popular drink. To date, the foci of infection was detected on 90 plantations in the Assam state, which leads in the field of cultivation of tea. It is reported by Financial Times.
According to official data, 500 employees of plantations diagnosed coronavirus. However, manufacturers do not exclude that real numbers can be significantly higher. In addition to Pandemic, Assam and other states of India, this year faced drought, which also affects the reduced crop in the country.
According to the University of Jones Hopkins, more than 24 million cases of coronavirus were officially revealed in India, of which over 270 thousand ended with a fatal outcome. On the eve, on May 16, a second party of the Russian vaccine “Satellite V” was delivered to the country.