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Doctors in Nepal on Friday warned of a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
Nepal recorded a total of 9,070 newly confirmed cases on Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
That s up from a total of 298 that were reported last month. Hospitals across the country are now reportedly beginning to run out of beds and oxygen due to the overwhelming number of new patients.
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Nepal borders India, where coronavirus cases and deaths have shot up, creating one of the biggest COVID-19 crises in the world. The United States on Tuesday restricted travel from India.
“Right now there are no beds available today in any hospital that is treating COVID patients,” said Jyotindra Sharma, chief of Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery in Kathmandu, according to the AP. “Even if any beds were made available, there is a huge scarcity of oxygen and we are not at the peak of this crisis.”
Doctors in Nepal warn of major crisis as virus cases surge
BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press
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1of20Nepalese army personnel in PPE suits salute to pay tribute to COVID-19 victims before cremating their bodies near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 7, 2021. Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.Niranjan Shrestha/APShow MoreShow Less
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A COVID-19 patient waits to receive oxygen outside an emergency ward of a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 6, 2021. (Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha)
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KATHMANDU: Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday (May 7) of a major crisis as daily COVID-19 cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.
Nepal reported 9,070 new confirmed cases on Thursday, compared to 298 a month ago. The number of fatalities also reached its highest with 58 on Wednesday and 54 on Thursday, for a total of 3,529.
Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal on Friday warned of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.
Nepal reported 9,070 new confirmed cases on Thursday, compared with 298 a month ago. More than 3,500 people have died since the pandemic began, 400 of them in the last two weeks alone, according to official figures.
“Right now there are no beds available today in any hospital that is treating COVID patients,”Jyotindra Sharma, chief of the Hospital for Advanced Medicine & Surgery in Kathmandu, told The Associated Press.