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Five people suffocated in a Nepal hospital after oxygen ran out this week, just the latest victims of a vicious COVID-19 surge that risks devastating the impoverished country and its ill-equipped healthcare system.
Daily new cases have risen 60-fold since 1 April and nearly a thousand people have died in the past 10 days, according to official figures which, as in neighbouring India, are seen as under-reporting the scale of the virus.
The mountainous country of almost 30 million is now seeing severe cases flood hospitals as oxygen cylinders empty faster than they can be refilled and almost half of those tested return positive.
Nepalese army officials wearing protective gear salute to pay homage next to the bodies of victims who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus at an electric crematorium in Kathmandu on May 1, 2021. (Photo by Bikash KARKI / AFP)
Five people suffocated in a Nepal hospital after oxygen ran out this week, just the latest victims of a vicious Covid surge that risks devastating the impoverished country and its ill-equipped healthcare system. x
Daily new cases have risen 60-fold since April 1 and nearly a thousand people have died in the past 10 days, according to official figures which, as in neighbouring India, are seen as under-reporting the scale of the virus.
Nepal reels from Covid crisis situation as infections soar
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13/05/2021 - 12:42 Nepal s daily new cases have surged in recent weeks, devastating the impoverished country and its ill-equipped healthcare system Bikash KARKI AFP 4 min
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Five people suffocated in a Nepal hospital after oxygen ran out this week, just the latest victims of a vicious Covid surge that risks devastating the impoverished country and its ill-equipped healthcare system.
Daily new cases have risen 60-fold since April 1 and nearly a thousand people have died in the past 10 days, according to official figures which, as in neighboring India, are seen as under-reporting the scale of the virus.