A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 breaks down during cremation in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) Each passing day the Covid-19 outbreak in India seems to produce a new horror, as images of overwhelmed hospitals, exhausted crematorium workers and fields of funeral pyres emerge from this latest pandemic hotspot. Just a few months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared that India “beat all odds” against Covid-19. Now a new variant appears to have overwhelmed the nation’s health care system as confirmed cases and Covid-19 deaths reach unprecedented levels. The speed and virulence of the outbreak have been among its most shocking aspects. Could an outbreak as ferocious happen somewhere else?