A boy wears a mask as he waits for the start of the first One-day International cricket match between India and South Africa, amid coronavirus fears, at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, India on March 12, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Revellers dance as they celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colours in Allahabad on March 10, 2020. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Naga women carry firewood as they walk home from a day in the field near Viswema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, March 13, 2020. Nagas are an indigenous people living in several northeastern Indian states and across the border in Myanmar. (Photo by Yirmiyan Arthur/AP Photo)





National president of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha Swami Chakrapani Maharaj drinks cow urine during an event organized by a Hindu religious group to promote consumption of cow urine as a cure for the new coronavirus in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 14, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A male elephant named Mahadevan is tied in a truck as he is being transported for an annual temple festival in Kochi, India, March 10, 2020. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A Tibetan shouts slogans from a police vehicle after being detained during a protest held to mark the 61st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India on March 10, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A commuter wears a handkerchief as a mask as he travels in a metro train, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A group of students wearing protective masks wait to buy tickets at a railway station amid coronavirus fears, in Kochi, India, March 10, 2020. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A security officer wearing a protective mask stands guard inside a temple in Mumbai, India on March 13, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A Tibetan monk wearing mask walks out of the Gyuto Tantric Monastery which has been closed for a month amid coronavirus fears, in Dharamsala, India, March 12, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A staff member walks inside an empty classroom of a school after Kerala state government ordered the closure of schools across the state, amid coronavirus fears, in Kochi, India on March 12. 2020. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A railway staff sprays disinfectant outside a waiting room at a railway station as a preventive measure against coronavirus, in Kochi, India, March 15, 2020. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A policeman stands guard next to a caricature as members of All India Hindu Mahasabha attend a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India on March 14, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A member of All India Hindu Mahasabha holds an idol of a cow after drinking cow urine during a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India on March 14, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Workers make protective masks inside a workshop in Mumbai, India, March 14, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A student demonstrates how to wash hands during an awareness campaign about coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a school in Chennai, India, March 14, 2020. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)





A man wades through flooded water with his tricycle after heavy rains and hailstorm in New Delhi, India, March 14, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A passenger wearing a protective mask holds a baby as she waits outside an airport following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, March 14, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A man plays with hailstones on the side of a street after heavy rains and hailstorm in New Delhi, India, March 14, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A man holds hailstones in his hands on the side of a street after heavy rains and hailstorm in New Delhi, India, March 14, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A commuter wears a handkerchief as a mask as he travels in a metro train, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Municipal workers prepare to disinfect a mosque, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in Srinagar on March 13, 2020. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)