One year of coronavirus pandemic and lockdown in photos

Caravans of migrant labourers walked hundreds of kilometres along highways and across shuttered cities amid the implementation of the 21-day nationwide Covid-19 lockdown in March last year. (Express photo by Vishal Srivastava)

Migrant labourers, carrying their belongings, walk several hundred kilometers from cities to reach their towns/villages. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)

Migrant workers and their families trying to leave Delhi after the nationwide lockdown was announced. There was chaos at the Anand Vihar bus stand. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)

Lakhs of workers and their families left Mumbai and its satellite towns and hit the highways, on foot, on cycles, in buses, taxis and autos to go back to their villages. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi)

Several migrants boarded the Shramik Special trains to get back to their hometowns amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. (Express Photo)

Migrants laborers with families waiting for their turn for medical scanning in Chandigarh before they board buses back to their home towns. (Express photo by Jasbir Malhi)

Migrants in Jaipur wait for buses to take them to the railway station to catch trains for their home states. (Express photo by Rohit Jain Paras)

Migrants return to Lucknow from New Delhi during the lockdown imposed due to Covid-19 in March. (Express Photo by Vishal Sriastav)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) played a crucial role in preventing healthcare workers who come in contact with suspected or positive cases of Covid-19 from getting infected. Workers prepare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for medical staff at a workshop in Maheshtala in Kolkata. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

In the initial months of the lockdown, there was a massive shortage of key personal protective equipment (PPEs) at the district and village levels. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was offered three more spaces inside the NESCO compound in Goregaon to set up additional quarantine facilities in order to accommodate around 1,200 to 1,500 patients. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty)

Local volunteers from Borivali catered food packets to the needy near Borivali National Park in the western suburbs of Mumbai during lockdown. Daily, they distributed over 500 food packets in the morning and 350 in the night. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

As the third phase of the nationwide lockdown ended, the Centre announced an extension till May 31, but listed considerable relaxations in non-containment zones that are set to further open up the economy. Visuals from a market in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

A man walks through a sanitization tunnel in New Delhi. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

A deserted street in Koklkata (Express Photo by Shashi Ghosh)

India's Covid-19 caseload crossed the grim milestone of 10 lakh cases in July. A health worker at a Covid-19 testing center in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Eid Al Adha was celebrated across India in July end, with restrictions due to Covid-19 in place. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Ganpati celebrations in Maharashtra were severely impacted due to coronavirus pandemic, especially in the city of Mumbai. (Express Photo by Pradip Das)

NEET exams were held amid the coronavirus pandemic across the country. Thermal checkups were done at the entry of the exam centres. As per the rules ,students with the virus or symptoms were to be made to appear for the exam in isolated rooms. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport Saturday launched on-arrivals Covid-19 testing facility for international passengers in September. This is the first such airport facility in the country. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic acting as a dampener for Durga Puja festivities, idol makers and Puja organisers across Bengal kept up with the tradition of bringing unique variants of idols for celebrations this year. In Pic: At the Baghbazar Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata. (Express photo by Shashi Ghosh)

Durga Puja festivities in Bengal were held with Covid-19 restrictions in place, albeit colourful processions, which usually mark the occasion, were largely missing from the city streets, as the idol immersion ceremony was observed by just a handful of people.(Express Photo by Shashi Ghosh)

After a considerable delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 18-day monsoon session in Lok Sabha kicked off. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Schools in West Bengal reopened on February 12,2021 following months long closure since March. The schools have been reopened for board exam students, classes 9 to 12. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

At a Covid-19 vaccination centre in New Delhi. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Health workers during a Covid-19 vaccine dry run at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

A health worker shows a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)

A woman gets the Covid-19 shot at a vaccination centre in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)