Health workers take swab samples for COVID-19 testing as coronavirus cases surge in Kozhikode.

People make enquiries after the gates of a vaccination center was closed soon after opening due to vaccine shortage in Kochi, Kerala state.

People wait to undergo COVID-19 tests as coronavirus cases surge in Kozhikode.

Migrants, waiting to board outstation trains to go their native place at Aluva Railway station, amid the rise in Covid-19 cases across the country, in Kochi.

Athletes participate in a cyclothone conducted by Kerala Fire and Rescue Service during the National Fire Service Day, at Ernakulam.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and his youngest son Kabir Arif take part in a cleanliness programme at Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan during his visit to Sabarimala.

People in a long queue as they wait for their turn to receive dose for Covid-19 vaccine at a mega vaccination camp at Vengeri in Kozhikode.

The helicopter in which UAE-based businessperson MA Yusuff Ali and his wife were travelling had an emergency landing on a marshy land at Panangad in Ernakulam, Kochi.

A worker loading Covid-19 vaccine for distribution to various centres in Kochi.

Students, wearing masks, attend a class at a school, amid COVID-19 pandemic, in Kozhikode.

A senior citizen is provided with a glove at a polling station during Kerala Assembly Polls, in Thiruvananthapuram.

BJP leader E. Sreedharan and his wife Radha Sreedharan at a polling booth to cast their vote during Kerala Assembly polls, at Ponnani in Palakkad district.

Congress leader Oommen Chandy with his family members after casting their votes during Kerela Assembly polls, in Kottayam district.

Former Defence Minister A.K. Antony along with his family members shows ink-marked fingers after casting their votes at a polling booth for Kerala Assembly polls in Thiruvananthapu...

People line up outside a polling booth to cast their votes during the single phase voting for the Kerala state legislature elections in Kochi.

Major Archbishop of the syro-Malabar Church Mar George Cardinal Alencherry shows finger marked with indelible after casting his vote for the Kerala Assembly polls, in Kochi.

Polling officials finalise arrangements in a polling booth on the eve of the Kerala Assembly polls, in Thiruvananthapuram

Polling parties leave for polling stations on the eve of Assembly polls, in Wayanad district.

Polling parties leave for election duties from a distribution centre, on the eve of Assembly polls, in Kozhikode.