The Wider Image: Indians share the stories of loved ones they lost to the pandemic
Mohammad Hayat, 55, a government employee, shows a picture on his phone of his father Haji Ghulam Mohammad Rather, an employee at a Muslim trust board, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as he poses for a photograph, in Srinagar, September 25, 2020. "I have had a bitter experience of this ongoing pandemic because the government is not prepared even after months of lockdown. We shifted our father from one hospital to another as there were a shortage of ventilators. Lockdown periods gave authorities enough time to get ready for the pandemic but people, especially clerics of mosques and other religion heads, should come out to spread awareness about the pandemic. My father used to help people regardless of religion, caste. Our family is incomplete with him and all I can do is to pray for his soul," said Hayat. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo SEARCH "COVID DEATHS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES