![A boy in India is tested for COVID-19 through a plastic screen.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2021-05/variant-india-ap21128370675331.jpg?itok=UErge0aa)
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A health worker takes a mouth swab sample of a Kashmiri boy to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Infections have swelled in India since February in a disastrous turn blamed on more contagious variants as well as government decisions to allow massive crowds to gather for religious festivals and political rallies.
Credit: Dar Yasin / AP