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Relatives arrive with a COVID-19 patient at a dedicated COVID-19 government hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Coronavirus cases in India are surging faster than anywhere else in the world. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
'Cannon fodder': Medical students in India feel betrayed

By Neha Mehrotra And Aniruddha Ghosal Apr. 27, 2021 04:48 AM EDT

People wait in queues outside the office of the Chemists Association to demand necessary supply of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir, in Pune, India, Thursday, April 8, 2021. India is experiencing its worst pandemic surge, with a seven-day rolling average of more than 130,000 cases per day. Hospitals across the country are starting to get overwhelmed with patients, and experts worry the worst is yet to come. (AP Photo)
India reels amid virus surge, affecting world vaccine supply

By Sheikh Saaliq And Aniruddha Ghosal Apr. 13, 2021 12:15 AM EDT

Firemen try to douse a fire at Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine for the coronavirus, in Pune, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
5 killed in blaze at Indian producer of COVID-19 vaccine

By Rafiq Maqbool Jan. 21, 2021 05:33 AM EST

Health workers shift a box containing COVID-19 vaccine from a vehicle to a cold storage at Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. On Jan. 16 India will start the massive undertaking of inoculating an estimated 30 million doctors, nurses and other front line workers, before attention turns to around 270 million people who are either aged over 50 or have co-morbidities. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Asia Today: India starts shipping COVID-19 vaccine to cities

Jan. 12, 2021 12:13 AM EST

An Indian police officer asks a civilian to take an alternative road as they block traffic 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. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Asia Today: Another spike brings India past 900,000 cases

Jul. 14, 2020 01:28 AM EDT

A man wearing a mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus sits near a red lantern outside a restaurant in Beijing Monday, July 13, 2020. China reported eight new cases, all of them brought from outside the country, as domestic community infections fall to near zero. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Asia Today: India sees another surge, hot spots shut again

Jul. 12, 2020 10:48 PM EDT