FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a man amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a testing centre, in New Delhi, India October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
BENGALURU/KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Already on track to overtake the United States with the world's most novel coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge of cases in coming weeks as it heads into its main holiday season with an economy freed of virus restrictions.
The recent experience of the southern state of Kerala, which was praised for its initial handling of the pandemic, indicates how rapidly the situation can worsen. Reported infections there have jumped by five times since it celebrated the 10-day harvest festival of Onam in late August, far outpacing the two-fold increase in cases nationally over that time.
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