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A police man stops an auto rickshaw at a check point during a weekend lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, April 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Johnson scraps Delhi trip; UK puts India on virus ‘red list’

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test before the start of lessons at the Katharina Henoth Comprehensive School in Cologne, Germany, Monday, April 19, 2021. After a week of lessons at home, many children and adolescents in North Rhine-Westphalia have been able to return to their schools for face-to-face lessons since Monday. (Marius Becker/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Schools reopen in Mexico’s Campeche state

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A driver of an electric car charges his vehicle at public charging station in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. India has ambitions to expand use of electric vehicles to wean itself from polluting fossil fuels, but EVs are still a rarity on its congested highways. A lack of charging stations and poor quality batteries are discouraging drivers from switching over. (AP Photo/Neha Mehrotra)

India’s electric vehicles face practical, technical hurdles

By NEHA MEHROTRA - Associated Press

An employee works inside a laboratory at the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker, in Pune, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The company is a key supplier for the U.N.-backed COVAX program that aims to distribute vaccines equitably in the world. On March 25, COVAX announced a major setback in its vaccine rollout because a surge in infections in India had caused the Serum Institute of India to cater to domestic demand, resulting in a delay in global shipments of up to 90 million doses. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian vaccine maker asks US to ease export curbs

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 14, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak at a news conference at the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Senators to Biden: Waive vaccine intellectual property rules

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 file photo, Emirati Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef al-Otaiba gestures during an event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates played a role in getting longtime Asian rivals India and Pakistan to agree to a cease-fire amid tensions over the disputed region of Kashmir, the Emirati ambassador to Washington said. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Ambassador: UAE played part in India-Pakistan cease-fire

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker strokes the forehead of a COVID-19 patient at a field hospital built inside the Citibanamex convention center in Mexico City. According to a report released the third week of April, by the University of California, San Francisco, Mexico would have had a significantly lower COVID-19 death toll if it had reacted as well as the average government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

The Latest: Half eligible Californians have at least 1 shot

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A police officer tries to control a crowd waiting to board trains at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. India's worst-hit and richest state Maharashtra will impose stricter restrictions for 15 days on Wednesday in an effort to stem the surge of coronavirus infections that is threatening to overcome hospitals. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

With 200,000 in 1 day, India skyrockets past 14M virus cases

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

People sit at setup tables outside a pub in Soho, in London, on the day some of England's third coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased by the British government, Monday, April 12, 2021. People across England flocked to shed shaggy locks and browse for clothes, books and other &quot;non-essential&quot; items as shops, gyms, hairdressers, restaurant patios and beer gardens reopened Monday after months of lockdown. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

The Latest: Governor bans vaccine passports for Montana

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An Indian woman waits for the result of her COVID-19 test at a hospital in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 12, 2021. With its explosive surge in recent days, India's confirmed infections surpassed Brazil's total Monday as the second-worst hit country. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India reels amid virus surge, affecting world vaccine supply

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

A note informing about the COVID-19 vaccine is seen pasted on a wall of a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 8, 2021. India's western Maharashtra state, home to financial capital Mumbai, is the worst-hit and has nearly half of the country new infections in the past week. And now some vaccination centers are turning away people due to a shortage. The state said Wednesday that stocks would run out in three days, promoting an angry denial from India's health minister Harsh Vardhan, who blamed the state for “singularly bogging down the entire country's efforts to fight the virus.” (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India to approve coronavirus shots green-lit by WHO, others

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

Devotees take holy dips in the river Ganges during Shahi snan or a Royal bath at Kumbh mela, in Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, April 12, 2021. As states across India are declaring some version of a lockdown to battle rising Covid cases as part of a nationwide second-wave, thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the river Ganga for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela. The faithful believe that a dip in the waters of the Ganga will absolve them of their sins and deliver them from the cycle of birth and death. (AP Photo/Karma Sonam)

Huge gatherings at India’s Hindu festival as virus surges

By NEHA MEHROTRA and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Voters leave a polling station after casting their votes during the fourth phase of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

5 killed in election violence in India’s West Bengal state

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FILE - In this March 11, 2021, file photo, U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry attends a press conference with French Environment Minister Barbara Pompili in Paris. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Kerry that India was committed to meeting its climate change pledges, and Kerry said the U.S. would support those goals with affordable access to green technologies and financing. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

US envoy Kerry discusses climate challenges in Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Indian army soldiers leave the site of a gunbattle in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 2, 2021. Anti-India protests and clashes have erupted between government forces and locals who thronged a village in disputed Kashmir following a gunbattle that killed three suspected militants. Police say the gunfight on Friday erupted shortly after scores of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation based on tip about presence of militants in a village in southern Pulwama district. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Indian forces kill 7 suspected militants in Kashmir fighting

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India objects to U.S. Navy ship’s patrol without consent

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A woman poses for a photograph behind a cutout after receiving a COVID- 19 vaccine at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. India hits another new peak with 115,736 coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours with New Delhi, Mumbai and dozens of other cities imposing night curfews to check the soaring infections. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Asia Today: Modi gets 2nd vaccine dose as India hits record

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Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 are seen at a filling lab at the Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Experts say there is a pressing need for India to bolster vaccination, which started sluggishly in January. The country is expanding its drive to include everyone over 45 from Thursday, April 1. Spotlight on Serum Institute of India - the world’s largest maker of vaccines and key global supplier - to cater to cases at home has resulted in delays of global shipments of up to 90 million doses under the U.N.-backed COVAX program, an initiative devised to give countries access to vaccines regardless of their wealth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

AP Interview: India could resume vaccine exports by June

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, a staff member, right, of the Pongnam Noodle House disinfects the hands of a woman coming into its restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. Isolated North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organization, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. At the beginning of the pandemic more than a year ago, North Korea shut its borders and described its efforts to keep out the virus as a “matter of national existence.” It banned tourists, jetted out diplomats and still severely limits cross-border traffic while quarantining tens of thousands of people who have shown symptoms. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)

Asia Today: India sees another record rise in virus cases

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A health worker administers the COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 at a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India’s daily virus cases soar past 100,000 for first time

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press