Covid-19 cases at Everest Base Camp raise fears of serious outbreak
Multiple patients have tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from the Everest base camp. Photo: AFP Base camp officials said they had received reports of 17 confirmed cases from hospitals in the capital Kathmandu, where a number of climbers have been sent from the base camp and higher camps to be treated. And staff at a private hospital in Kathmandu, the CIWEC clinic, confirmed to the BBC that patients had tested positive for coronavirus after arriving from Everest base camp. The Nepalese government has so far denied having any knowledge of positive cases at Everest base camp, raising...
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