As Cases Surge in Nepal, Covid-19 Reaches Mount Everest
As Cases Surge in Nepal, Covid-19 Reaches Mount Everest Posted on Base camp officials have seen rising numbers of climbers with symptoms and positive coronavirus tests Reports of a Covid-19 outbreak at the Mount Everest base camp in Nepal have surfaced just as climbers return to the peak after a year of closure because of the pandemic. Base camp officials say they received reports of 17 confirmed cases from nearby hospitals treating climbers who exhibited symptoms of the virus, reports Navin Singh Khadka for the BBC. Nepal re-opened Mount Everest and its other seven peaks in hopes of regain...