A Norwegian climber hoping to summit Everest confirmed Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, in a blow to Nepal s hopes for a bumper mountaineering season on the world s highest peak. The pandemic wiped out last year s season but Nepal has eased quarantine rules in an effort to attract more climbers despite the difficulties of treating them if they contract the virus.
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AFP / Apr 23, 2021, 07:56 IST
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Nepal has issued 377 permits this year to climb the mountain.
KATHMANDU: A Norwegian climber hoping to summit Everest confirmed Thursday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, in a blow to Nepal s hopes for a bumper mountaineering season on the world s highest peak.
The pandemic wiped out last year s season but Nepal has eased quarantine rules in an effort to attract more climbers despite the difficulties of treating them if they contract the virus. My diagnosis is Covid-19, Erlend Ness told AFP in a Facebook message. I m doing ok now. The hospital is taking care (of me).
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The pandemic wiped out last year s season but Nepal has eased quarantine rules in an effort to attract more climbers despite the difficulties of treating them if they contract the virus
In a blow to Nepal s hopes for a bumper mountaineering season on the world s highest peak, a Norwegian climber hoping to summit Everest confirmed Thursday that he has tested positive for Covid-19.
The pandemic wiped out last year s season but Nepal has eased quarantine rules in an effort to attract more climbers despite the difficulties of treating them if they contract the virus. My diagnosis is Covid-19, Erlend Ness told AFP in a Facebook message. I m doing ok now. The hospital is taking care (of me). Ness was evacuated from the slopes by helicopter and taken to a hospital in the Nepali capital Kathmandu after spending time at Everest base camp. Norwegian broadcaster NRK, which interviewed him, reported that a Sherpa in his party had also tested positive.
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