Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right is received by his ministerial colleagues as he arrives at the Parliament in New Delhi, India, Monday, September14, 2020. Indian lawmakers have returned to Parliament after more than five months even as coronavirus cases continue to surge at the fastest pace than anywhere else in the world. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A girl wears a protective face mask amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, September 13, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Health workers collect a swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, September 16, 2020. India's total of coronavirus infections passed 5 million Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a mask to protect herself from the coronavirus paints a thangka, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A Hindu devotee gets a tonsure to perform “Pind Daan” rituals at Sangam in Prayagraj in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh India, Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Pind Daan rituals are performed to bring peace and salvation to the souls of deceased ancestors. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A dhobi, or a washerman washes cloths on the banks of the River Gomti in Lucknow, India, Saturday, September 12, 2020. Dhobis are traditional laundry workers who wash clothes by hand and dry them in the sun, an occupation which has been in existence for generations. Most cities in India have a Dhobi Ghat, or washermen's area, where the city's pile of clothes is laundered. This practice is still popular in India, despite of modern technology. Around 1,000 families work in Lucknow's Dhobi Ghat. However, in light of the novel coronavirus, their wages have decreased drastically. With each family earning around US$100-200 per month. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A medical worker stands next to an oxygen cylinder at the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, September 15, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A Kashmiri woman holds a girl as they watch a protest after a gun battle between suspected militants and Indian security forces in Srinagar on September 17, 2020. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A medical worker takes off his personal protective equipment (PPE) as he leaves after his shift at the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, September 15, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) speaks to his family members, using a robot named “Mitra” at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Yatharth Super Speciality Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, September 15, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A healthcare worker puts a pulse oximeter on a woman's finger to check her oxygen level during survey for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the construction site of a railway track, amidst the spread of the disease in Babla village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, September 15, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Passengers wearing protective masks travel inside a metro train on the first day of the restart of the metro operations, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, September 14, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Girls are reflected in a puddle while walking on the street amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Srinagar, September 14, 2020. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





People are seen in a crowded street amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, September 13, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Hindu priest wearing a protective mask worships next to weapons belonging to Tripura State Rifles during the Vishwakarma Puja, the festival of the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Agartala, India, September 17, 2020. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





Devotees perform rituals to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, September 17, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





An artisan wearing a protective face mask adorns idols of Lord Vishwakarma, the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery, kept on display for sale ahead of the Vishwakarma festival, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, September 16, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes swabs from a woman in her house during a door-to-door survey for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amidst the spread of the disease in Khoraj village, in Gujarat, India, September 16, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man selling stuffed toys waits for customers at a market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, September 16, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A participant in traditional costume wearing a mask featuring “COVID-19 warriors” as he attends a rehearsal for Garba, a folk dance, ahead of Navratri, a festival during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes, amidst the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Ahmedabad, India, September 18, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Workers push a stretcher carrying the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, September 16, 2020. India is now second in the world with the number of reported coronavirus infections with over 5.1 million cases, behind only the United States. Its death toll of only 83,000 in a country of 1.3 billion people, however, is raising questions about the way it counts fatalities from COVID-19. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Kashmiri farmers thresh paddy on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, September 13, 2020. Apart from tourism agriculture is the main source of income and employment in valley. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)