FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a woman during a rapid antigen testing campaign for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a shopping mall in Mumbai, India, March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's central government on Saturday urged states to be careful in reopening from COVID-19 lockdowns to prevent a resurgence of infections in the hard-hit country.
Indian states are easing restrictions as a second wave of coronavirus infections appears to abate. The country is second only to the United States in confirmed infections at 29.82 million, with 385,137 deaths.
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