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A perfect storm of 4 factors has fueled India's harrowing coronavirus surge. Other countries could be next. insider@insider.com (Aria Bendix) © Amarjeet Kumar Singh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Health workers prepare to cremate people who died of the coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on April 20, 2021. Amarjeet Kumar Singh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images India is in crisis: Hospitals are overloaded with patients amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Rapidly spreading variants and social gatherings are fueling this outbreak, experts say. A slow vaccine rollo...

India's vaccine providers can charge $10 to $32 for coronavirus shots amid the country's unprecedented surge insider@insider.com (Aria Bendix) © Satish Bate/Hindustan Times/Getty Images People wait in line to receive COVID-19 vaccines at BKC Jumbo COVID-19 Vaccination Center in Mumbai on April 24, 2021. Satish Bate/Hindustan Times/Getty Images All adults in India can get vaccines starting May 1, but the shots may not be widely accessible. India's government allows vaccine manufacturers to charge fees at private hospitals. The cost could amount to $10 to $32 per vaccine - we...

Satish Bate/Hindustan Times/Getty Images All adults in India can get vaccines starting May 1, but the shots may not be widely accessible. India's government allows vaccine manufacturers to charge fees at private hospitals. The cost could amount to $10 to $32 per vaccine — well above India's average daily income. The Indian government announced last week that all adults will be eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines starting May 1. But there's a catch: The shots won't be free everywhere. Healthcare workers, frontline workers, and Indians older than 45 can alre...

It's a reminder not to scale back on testing or social distancing before vaccinations are over. Just two months ago, India's coronavirus outbreak seemed to have turned the corner. Cases had plummeted to their lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic and vaccines were starting to be rolled out across the country. But Bramer Mukherjee, an epidemiology professor at the University of Michigan, wasn't convinced the progress would last. By mid-February, she spotted an uptick in cases amid an increase in weddings, family gatherings, festivals, and sporting events. She called up her 81-year-...

Amarjeet Kumar Singh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Hospitals are running low on oxygen and bodies are piling up at crematoriums. It's a reminder not to scale back on testing or social distancing before vaccinations are over. Just two months ago, India's coronavirus outbreak seemed to have turned the corner. Cases had plummeted to their lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic and vaccines were starting to be rolled out across the country. But Bramer Mukherjee, an epidemiology professor at the University of Michigan, wasn't convinced the progres...