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Nepal seeks oxygen cylinders from mountaineers for COVID-19 patients Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-11 10:28
Patients receive oxygen as they sit on chairs outside the passage of a hospital due to a lack of free beds at the hospital for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, as the second major coronavirus wave surges in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 10, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] KATHMANDU - As Nepal is scrambling to find enough oxygen for a swelling number of COVID-19 patients, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has also taken the initiative to collect oxygen cylinders from mountaineers. According to the association, around 5,000 oxygen cylinders are being used by mountaineers for climbing the world s tallest Mt Qomolangma and other Himalayan peaks at the moment. ....
2021-05-11 02:35:36 GMT2021-05-11 10:35:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KATHMANDU, May 11 (Xinhua) As Nepal is scrambling to find enough oxygen for a swelling number of COVID-19 patients, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has also taken the initiative to collect oxygen cylinders from mountaineers. According to the association, around 5,000 oxygen cylinders are being used by mountaineers for climbing the world s tallest Mt. Qomolangma and other Himalayan peaks at the moment. The cylinders with mountaineers are light in weight, portable and can supply oxygen for three to four hours to the climbers at a high altitude, according to expedition organizers. Office bearers of the NMA said they are holding discussions with expedition organizing companies about the possibility of the mountaineers handing over their cylinders. ....
Concern grows over speculated Covid-19 outbreak on Everest 2 minutes read Kathmandu, May 5 (EFE).- Concerns are growing about a possible Covid-19 outbreak in the Everest base camp as the much-awaited climbing season inches closer. Some officials at the Himalayan Rescue Association said scores of climbers suffered relentless coughing at the altitude of 5,600 meters Everest base camp perched on the Khumbu glacier at the foot of Everest. “We are not sure, whether it is ‘Khumbu cough’ or symptoms of Covid-19 as tests are not done in the base camp,” Lakpa Norbu Sherpa, who has been coordinating rescue missions on Everest since 2003, told EFE. ....