Covid reaches Mount Everest

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Two climbers on Mount Everest have tested positive for Covid-19 and others have been airlifted to hospital, as tourists flock back to the world’s highest peak.

Hundreds of foreign climbers and support staff have returned to Everest base camp in Nepal for the first time since the mountain was closed by the pandemic last year. Just days before teams begin their assault on the summit next month, however, health officials have confirmed that at least seven climbers were evacuated in recent days and hospitalized in Kathmandu. At least two, a Norwegian and a Sherpa on his team, are known to have tested positive for Covid-19.

 

[chic]

I hear covid is on the moon too.

 

[StarSong]

And so it reaches the farthest areas of the globe. Can't blame AU and NZ for isolationist strategies - otherwise they'd be in the same soup as the rest of the planet.

 

[Sunny]

What's even worse than having Covid? Having Covid and being stuck on top of Mt. Everest! Ye gads!