Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is carried by her nephew Rajesh Kumar, as he takes her to a local government dispensary in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is helped by her husband Suresh Kumar and nephew Rajesh Kumar, as they take her to a local government dispensary, in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Suresh Kumar, 43, ties up the hair of his wife Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before taking her to a local government dispensary, at their home in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ankita Kumari, 10, watches her mother Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), get ready to go to a local government dispensary, at their home in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is carried by her husband Suresh Kumar and nephew Rajesh Kumar, as they take her to a local government dispensary, in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is carried by her nephew Rajesh Kumar, as he takes her to a local government dispensary, in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), lies on her bed at her home in Kaljikhal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Suraj Kumar, 16, watches his mother Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they get ready to go to a local government dispensary, at Kaljikhal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Different types of medicine sit on a table at a government dispensary, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. The dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds is equipped with one oxygen cylinder and one concentrator, said Anand, the only doctor there. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), lies on a bed as she is treated at a government dispensary in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is treated by Doctor Aishwary Anand, at a government dispensary in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. The dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds is equipped with one oxygen cylinder and one concentrator, said Aishwary Anand, the only doctor there. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Doctor Aishwary Anand requests an official to restore electricity for the operation of an oxygen concentrator after Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), was admitted to a government dispensary, in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. The dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds is equipped with one oxygen cylinder and one concentrator, said Anand, the only doctor there. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is treated by Doctor Aishwary Anand, at a government dispensary in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. The dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds is equipped with one oxygen cylinder and one concentrator, said Anand, the only doctor there. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Rajesh Kumar, whose aunt Pramila Devi, 36, is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), waits as she is treated at a government dispensary in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Suresh Kumar, 43, whose wife Pramila Devi, 36, died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sits inside a jeep before his wife's cremation in Pauri Garhwal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Kumar told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. "I'm yet to inform my eldest daughter of her mother's death," a distraught Kumar said, as he crouched on the banks of the Ganges. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Rajesh Kumar, whose aunt Pramila Devi, 36, died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), chops wood from a forest for her cremation, at Pauri Garhwal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

The body of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen on top of a car as her relatives collect wood for her cremation, at Pauri Garhwal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Relatives of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), drive her body, on top of a jeep, to her cremation in Pauri Garhwal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Relatives of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), take down her body from a jeep before her cremation, on the banks of the river Ganges in Pauri Garhwal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Relatives of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), prepare for her cremation on the banks of the river Ganges in Pauri Garhwal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Relatives of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), put her body on a pyre during her cremation on the banks of the river Ganges in Pauri Garhwal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

The body of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen before her cremation, on the banks of the river Ganges in Pauri Garhwal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Suresh Kumar, 43, the husband of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and Devi's son Suraj Kumar, 16, watch her cremation on the banks of the river Ganges in Pauri Garhwal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Kumar told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. "I'm yet to inform my eldest daughter of her mother's death," a distraught Kumar said, as he crouched on the banks of the Ganges. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Family members and relatives of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), react as she is cremated on the banks of the river Ganges at Pauri Garhwal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

The burning pyre of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen during her cremation on the banks of the river Ganges in Pauri Garhwal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Relatives of Pramila Devi, 36, who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), carry her body to be cremated on the banks of the river Ganges in Pauri Garhwal in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 24, 2021. Devi's eldest daughter got married and moved away in late April after the family hosted a ceremony attended by over two dozen people, her husband Suresh Kumar, 43, told Reuters. Two weeks after that Devi suffered a bout of diarrhoea. But it was not until 10 days later that Kumar, who has no income and depends on handouts, took her to a nearby dispensary that has been turned into a small COVID-19 facility with four beds. Devi tested positive for COVID-19 with very low blood oxygen levels. She died a day later. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), arrives to collect swabs from villagers to test them for COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak,?at Pitha village in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. Reuters reporters hiked uphill with medics for over an hour to get to Pitha, a village in the district with no road access. There, Jai Prakash, 38, pleaded with his neighbours to get tested. Despite his appeals, only a dozen of the village's nearly 60 inhabitants did so. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Healthcare workers wait for villagers to conduct rapid antigen tests to test them for COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Pitha village in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. Reuters reporters hiked uphill with medics for over an hour to get to Pitha, a village in the district with no road access. There, Jai Prakash, 38, pleaded with his neighbours to get tested. Despite his appeals, only a dozen of the village's nearly 60 inhabitants did so. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A healthcare worker puts on personal protective equipment (PPE), before conducting rapid antigen tests to test for COVID-19 on villagers, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tangroli village, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. Only nine of around 200 inhabitants in the village of Tangroli - declared a COVID-19 containment zone with more than a dozen positive patients - showed up for testing the same day that a medical team camped outside their village. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a man to test him for COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tangroli village, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. Only nine of around 200 inhabitants in the village of Tangroli - declared a COVID-19 containment zone with more than a dozen positive patients - showed up for testing the same day that a medical team camped outside their village. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A healthcare worker leaves after conducting rapid antigen tests on villagers to test them for COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Pitha village in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. Reuters reporters hiked uphill with medics for over an hour to get to Pitha, a village in the district with no road access. There, Jai Prakash, 38, pleaded with his neighbours to get tested. Despite his appeals, only a dozen of the village's nearly 60 inhabitants did so. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), collects a swab sample from a woman to test her for COVID-19, during the the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Pitha village in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 22, 2021. Reuters reporters hiked uphill with medics for over an hour to get to Pitha, a village in the district with no road access. There, Jai Prakash, 38, pleaded with his neighbours to get tested. Despite his appeals, only a dozen of the village's nearly 60 inhabitants did so. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "PRAMILA SIDDIQUI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES