Merchants of SM Street or Mittai Theruvu in Kozhikode protested outside their shops on Monday morning against the bar on opening their establishments as the area falls in category C having a test positivity rate of 10 to 15 per cent. <br />The shopkeepers claimed their businesses have been shut for the last two months, and now it was becoming difficult to survive. <br />However, district administration and police officers told the media that as the area falls in category C — places with a Covid test positivity rate (TPR) of 10 to 15 per cent — shops cannot be allowed to open in the area.
