A woman carries her household belongings to a safer place in a flood-affected village of Kamrup district of Assam, India, on July 14, 2020. Villages in Assam were flooded due to heavy rains. The rising water level inundated houses, residents were forced to move to a safer place. (Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People wearing face masks cross a bridge with their cycles in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A municipal worker disinfects an area amid rising COVID-19 cases in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, July 11, 2020. In just three weeks, India went from the world’s sixth worst-affected country by the coronavirus to the third, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. India's fragile health system was bolstered during a stringent monthslong lockdown but could still be overwhelmed by an exponential rise in infections. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Pigeons fly as a man wearing a mask walks past in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, July 13, 2020. Authorities reimposed lockdown on Monday in parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir, including the region's main city, following surge in coronavirus cases. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





An Indian forest guard on a boat takes away the carcass of a wild buffalo calf through flood water at the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Pobitora, Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. The floods also inundated most of Kaziranga National Park, home to an estimated 2,500 rare one-horned rhinos. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A wild water buffalo eats tree branches standing in flood water at the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Pobitora, Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A flood affected family takes shelter on the roof of their partially submerged house along river Brahmaputra in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Indian fans of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan hold his photograph as they offer special prayer for his health and speedy recovery at Mithila Hanuman Mandir in Mumbai, India, 12 July 2020. According to media reports, Amitabh Bachchan, 77, has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





Health workers screen people for COVID-19 symptoms at a slum in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A man sits on a deserted street during fresh lockdown in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, July 11, 2020. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An Indian health worker collects nasal swab sample of a man at a COVID-19 testing center in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Sunday, July 12, 2020. India is the world’s third worst-affected country by the coronavirus. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A man carries an elderly woman as they cross a waterlogged street during heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, July 15, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A laborer cleans a manhole on a sidewalk in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. While 2019 was the worst year on record for global dengue cases, experts fear an even bigger surge is possible because their efforts to combat it were hampered by restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A man walks past a vendor reading a newspaper in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, July 11, 2020. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A civic worker disinfects an area inside a containment zone to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Several Indian states imposed weekend curfews and locked down high-risk areas as the number of coronavirus cases surged past 900,000 on Tuesday. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





People wait in a queue to give their nasal swab samples to test for the coronavirus at Government Fever Hospital in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. As India’s coronavirus caseload approaches 1 million, lockdowns are being reimposed in parts of the country as governments try to shield the health system from being overwhelmed. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Flood affected villagers are seen near their partially submerged houses in Gagolmari village, Morigaon district, Assam, India, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by floodwaters and landslides following incessant rainfall in the region. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People buy essentials from a grocery shop just outside a containment zone barricaded, right, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A man rides on a tricycle past a civic worker sanitizing a deserted road during a fresh lockdown imposed in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Sunday, July 12, 2020. India is the world’s third worst-affected country by the coronavirus. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A rickshaw puller waits for passenger just outside a containment zone barricaded to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Youngsters ride a motorcycle through the flood water on a state highway in the flood affected Kamrup district of Assam, India, 13 July 2020. According to news reports, heavy rainfall during the past days has caused floods in the Assam state, leaving over one million people affected by it and over forty dead. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





An Indian health worker wearing smart helmet walks after conducting the thermal screening of residents of a slum in Mumbai, India, 14 July 2020. Countries around the world are still taking measures to stem the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the COVID-19 disease and have intensified their research for treatment. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)