Reports are still anecdotal, and researchers say data is too thin, but reports of dozens of fully vaccinated doctors falling ill have fueled concerns that the virus is finding a way to evade the world's defenses.
- Experts also worry that variants may be leading to reinfections, Ravindra Gupta, professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Cambridge, told Time.
Where it stands: Hospitals are running out of critical supplies, including oxygen.
- The country is averaging 300,000 cases a day and the official death toll is at 200,000, but experts believe that's a severe undercount.
- Crematoriums are operating around the clock and expanding into parking lots to add more capacity, per the BBC.
What they're saying: Writing from his home, the New York Times New Delhi bureau chief, Jeffrey Gettleman, described the unsettling nature of the latest surge — and the lack of available help for people living there.
- "If we do get really sick, where will we go? ICUs are full. Gates to many hospitals have been closed," he wrote.
