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Bodies, some of which are believed to be Covid-19 victims, are seen partially exposed in shallow sand graves after rains washed away the top layer of sand at a cremation ground on the banks of the Ganges River in Shringverpur, north-west of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Getty Images
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A vaccination centre is seen closed due to non-availability of Covid-19 vaccines in New Delhi. AFP
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Health workers collect a nasal swab sample from a man for Covid-19 testing at Khag village, in central Kashmir's Budgam district. AFP
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Jagdish Chand Sharma shows a photograph of his late wife Anita sharma, who was a Covid-19 patient at Dr Karam Singh Memorial Multi Specially hospital in Amritsar. AFP
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Relatives mourn as they wait to receive the body of their loved one, who died due to the Covid-19, at a mortuary in New Delhi. AFP
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Rickshaw-pullers and other migrant labourers queue up to receive food distributed by a charity as the lockdown continues in New Delhi. Getty Images
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Partially deserted roads with closed shops are seen in a market in Siliguri. AFP
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Bodies, some of which are believed to be Covid-19 victims, are seen partially exposed in shallow sand graves after rains washed away the top layer of sand at a cremation ground on the banks of the Ganges River in Shringverpur, north-west of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Getty Images
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A health worker reacts after receiving a dose of Covaxin vaccine at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India. AP Photo
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A health worker prepares the jab of the Covishield Covid-19 vaccine in a residential area in Chennai. AFP
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A vaccination centre is seen closed due to non-availability of Covid-19 vaccines in New Delhi. AFP
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Health workers collect a nasal swab sample from a man for Covid-19 testing at Khag village, in central Kashmir's Budgam district. AFP
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Jagdish Chand Sharma shows a photograph of his late wife Anita sharma, who was a Covid-19 patient at Dr Karam Singh Memorial Multi Specially hospital in Amritsar. AFP
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Relatives mourn as they wait to receive the body of their loved one, who died due to the Covid-19, at a mortuary in New Delhi. AFP
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Rickshaw-pullers and other migrant labourers queue up to receive food distributed by a charity as the lockdown continues in New Delhi. Getty Images
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Partially deserted roads with closed shops are seen in a market in Siliguri. AFP
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Bodies, some of which are believed to be Covid-19 victims, are seen partially exposed in shallow sand graves after rains washed away the top layer of sand at a cremation ground on the banks of the Ganges River in Shringverpur, north-west of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Getty Images
'Delta Plus' declared variant of concern as Indian Covid-19 vaccine drive falters
Inoculation effort is well below the 10 million doses a day that experts say are needed to slow variants
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