owners have returned to their homes mostly in other states such as rogers done much of pradesh or bihari. rubbish kumar is lucky he's permitted to open his shop for 3 whole hours but only because he sells groceries and everyday items. because workers aren't eager her maher says the 2nd chrono wave has hit him especially hard he says there's no financial support from the government. he can barely afford to cover his operating costs. are her beautiful work on the market about. thousands of streets around the country look like this at the moment some stores try to sell their things online it's not enough. in the current state of emergency with a new record of over 4200 deaths in the past 24 hours there's no end in sight to the lockdowns. and that's hitting the livelihoods of store owners like as a cots him. i have to cut down on 3 of my stuff that's what i ate is over we used to have in the shop so no no more like working with my dad i wouldn't be able to beat him. past the people here what they want and they say vaccines the rollout however has been slow. yes it's the only way the world's

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bihari ganges meanders village on the water flows very slowly here so the bloated corpses get caught on the riverbank it's turned the whole area into a pile of bodies. as desperation takes hold in the scramble for curve of 19 vaccines and treatment india's 2nd wave is also affecting the disposal of the dead state officials believe some families are unable to afford the costs of commission as demand skyrockets according to official numbers india has suffered nearly $4000.00 deaths per day for over a week but the true death toll may be even higher. wherever they can and people are taking advantage of other people's misery i saw it at a commission site where they were charging exorbitant fees relatives a hopeless as they have no other choice they have to pay whatever is demanded no matter how unreasonable. there are small signs of improvement the rapid spread of the virus seems to be slowing sparking hope that social distancing measures may be starting to have an effect. more vaccines are also on their way a 2nd batch of russia's v landed on sunday but getting enough vaccine to protect

bihari ganges meanders through a village on the water flows very slowly here so the bloated corpses get caught on the riverbank it's turned the whole area into a pile of bodies. as just duration takes hold in the scramble for curve of 19 vaccines and treatment india's 2nd wave is also affecting the disposal of the dead state officials believe some families are unable to afford the costs of commission as demand skyrockets according to official numbers india has suffered nearly $4000.00 deaths per day for over a week but the true death toll may be even higher. wherever they can people are taking advantage of other people's misery i saw it at a commission site where they were charging exorbitant fees relatives a hopeless as they have no other choice they have to pay whatever is demanded no matter how unreasonable. there are small signs of improvement the rapid spread of the virus seems to be slowing sparking hope that social distancing measures may be starting to have an effect. more vaccines are also on their way a 2nd batch of russia's sputniks we landed on sunday but getting enough vacc

. >> reporter: on a beautiful day to eat outside, jihan bihari is excited to invite people back inside and that has many local businesses actively looking to hire. >> we're actually hoping to bring a bigger staff back. >> reporter: after several ups and downs, san mateo county is headed to the yellow tier and business here is starting to heal. >> so we are getting some calls from people that are willing and able to come back to work and new people that are entering the workforce. >> finish line is in sight. >> reporter: the change means restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, hotels, card rooms and wineries can let 50% of their customers inside. county officials credit the more than three-quarters of residents who have gotten at least one vaccine shot and those who have continued to follow the rules. >> people have done an incredible job wearing their damned mask. >> reporter: now many of those who have stayed outside say they're ready to go back in. >> it's nice to have the option to go inside, when this weather is starting to creep up, get pretty hot so it's very encouraging. >> reporter:

under-reporting they say testing is limited in rural areas especially in the northern states of pradesh and bihari and that's where hundreds of bodies have been found floating on the ganges river or buried along its banks it's led to police patrols and families are being offered money for cremations or burials. out of top religious in india has resigned from a government covert 19 advisory group that looked into new variants show he jamil had raised concerns the government was not paying enough attention to a more contagious strain despite being warned about it in march he had written in the new york times that scientists are facing stubborn resistance to evidence based policymaking. the head of unicef is asking the world's wealthiest countries to donate supplies to the kovacs vaccine sharing scheme to make a huge shortfall unicef is in charge of supplying the scheme and sense it will be short by around $140000000.00 doses that the end of the month disruptions to india's vaccine exports have halted deliveries of the astra zeneca job to the program. for 1000 people have died from corona virus in br

under-reporting they say testing is limited in rural areas especially in the northern states of pradesh and bihari that's where hundreds of bodies have been found floating on the ganges river or buried along its banks. well public to tell joins us live now from new delhi india is reporting a significant reduction in its code cases but just how reliable are these numbers when i mean right now what we have are the government figures if you look at the national pictures just taking those numbers at face value you are seeing it is more a dip so for the 1st time in several weeks we're seeing the total number of fresh cases go below 300000 in a couple of weeks ago that number was actually more than 400000 even in terms of the deaths you know that actually has increased you know as we've seen with the virus you see a lag between cases and deaths of the deaths reported on sunday were more than 4000 now there are some caveats as we've been reporting that experts have been mourning that these numbers are incredibly underreported is specially rural india there's also another point to note that these numbers

bihari ganges meanders through a village and the water flows very slowly here so the bloated corpses get caught on the riverbank it's turned the whole area into a pile of bodies. as desperation takes hold in the scramble for private 19 vaccines and treatment india's 2nd wave is also affecting the disposal of the dead state officials believe some families are unable to afford the costs of commission as demand skyrockets according to official numbers india has suffered nearly $4000.00 deaths per day so over a week but the true death toll may be even higher. wherever they can people are taking advantage of other people's misery i saw it at a commission site where they were charging exorbitant fees relatives a hopeless as they have no other choice they have to pay whatever is demanded no matter how unreasonable. there are small signs of improvement the rapid spread of the virus seems to be slowing sparking hope that social distancing measures may be starting to have an effect. more vaccines are also on their way a 2nd batch of russia's sputniks we landed on sunday but getting enough vacc

be starting on sunday ok thank you so much for that update from new delhi let's bring in amitabh bihari who is the c.e.o. of oxfam india who's joining us from new delhi as well thanks so much for your time with us on al-jazeera so india shattering a global record with more than 400000 cases as you know. in just 24 hours do you think the numbers could actually be much higher than the official tallies. absolutely has in that the numbers are hugely under-powered it both in terms of the number of cases and also dead if you just speak to people in fact i am candy of the 4 dead in the network today i have which which means this imagine one bo's'n out of one point she begins. getting a few to 4 bits to get samples so the number is going to be higher than what we're looking at this is an absolutely tragic unprecedented crisis that we are facing and we're hearing that the health system is really struggling to cope but we understand that more aid is getting through yet the death toll is increasing is this aid in the help that's coming through having any impact. that it is slow to come i think the