Wife of Nanhe Pal, 52, cries as she pleads for oxygen support for her husband, who is suffering from breathing problem at a Gurudwara (Sikh temple), amidst the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, India, May 3, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A woman cries during the cremation of her husband, who died from COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 5, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A counting agent stands in protective suit during the counting of votes of Assam state assembly election in Gauhati, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021. With Indian hospitals struggling to secure a steady supply of oxygen, and more COVID-19 patients dying amid the shortages, a court in New Delhi said it would start punishing government officials for failing to deliver the life-saving items. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Medical staff attend to Covid-19 positive patients in the emergency ward at the Holy Family hospital on May 06, 2021 in New Delhi, India. India broke a fresh record on Thursday with over 412,000 new cases of Covid-19 as the total number of those infected according to Health Ministry data neared 20 million. The real figure could be up to ten times higher, many health experts say, due to a lack of widespread testing or reporting, and only patients who succumbed in hospitals being counted. Hospitals have begun turning away people suffering from Covid-19, having run out of space for the crushing number of people seeking help. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/Getty Images)





In this May 3, 2021, file photo, a man walks carrying a refilled cylinder as family members of COVID-19 patients wait in queue to refill their oxygen cylinders at Mayapuri area in New Delhi, India. COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis. People are dying because of shortages of bottled oxygen and hospital beds or because they couldn’t get a COVID-19 test. (Photo by Ishant Chauhan/AP Photo/File)





Relatives carry an oxygen cylinder for a COVID-19 patient who is waiting in an ambulance outside the government run hospital in Jammu, India, Friday, May 7, 2021. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Body of a COVID-19 victim lies covered in white cloth next to a burning pyre of another victim at a cremation ground in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 1, 2021. India on Saturday set yet another daily global record with 401,993 new cases, taking its tally to more than 19.1 million. Another 3,523 people died in the past 24 hours, raising the overall fatalities to 211,853, according to the Health Ministry. Experts believe both figures are an undercount. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Relatives of a person who died of COVID-19 mourn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Monday, May. 3, 2021. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





An Indian man awaits customers as he sells face masks on a street during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hyderabad, India, Monday, May 3, 2021. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Men wearing protective suits place a white cloth over the body their relative, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before his cremation on the banks of the river Ganges at Garhmukteshwar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 6, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Indians, mostly youngsters, line up to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Jammu, India, Friday, May 7, 2021. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Street dogs sleep at a market as shops remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. India's government is facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in coronavirus infections. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Policemen check the credentials of food delivery personnel during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Kerala, which emerged as a blueprint for tackling the pandemic last year, began a lockdown on Saturday. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





A man walks past closed shops in a market during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu, India, Friday, May 7, 2021. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 mourns at a crematorium in Jammu, in Jammu, India, Friday, April 30, 2021. Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A woman receives the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 at a hospital in Prayagraj, India. Saturday, May 1, 2021. In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country's vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian laborers work at the Personal protective equipment (PPE) Kit production factory in Bangalore, India, 06 May 2021. India is the world's second-largest personal protection equipment (PPE) manufacturer and self-reliant amidst COVID19 outbreak. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





Relatives wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as they wait to cremate their loved ones at a mass cremation ground in Giddenahalli on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, 03 May 2021. India recorded a massive surge of 357,229 fresh COVID-19 cases and 3,449 deaths in the last 24 hours. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





Relatives perform the last rites before the cremation of their loved one who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus at a cremation ground in Allahabad on May 4, 2021. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)