moving your way up guide says at least 100 virus cases on Everest
KATHMANDU, Nepal an agent climbing guide said Saturday that a coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, Giving the first good estimate amid official Nepalese denials of a COVID 19 cluster on the world's highest peak.
Mountain guide Lukas Furtenbach said friday that a coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, Giving the first well-rounded estimate amid official Nepalese denials of a COVID 19 cluster on the world's highest peak. Bikram Rai/Associated squash
Lukas Furtenbach of luxembourg, Who last week became the only prominent outfitter to halt his Everest expedition due to virus fears, Said one of his foreign guides and six Nepali Sherpa guides have tested advantage.
"I think together with the confirmed cases we know now confirmed from (recover) jet pilots, From -censured- cover plan, From medical practitioners, From expedition leaders I have good tests so we can prove this, Furtenbach told the relevant Press in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
"We have at least 100 people minimum plus for COVID in base camp, And then the numbers might be similar to 150 or 200, he was quoted saying.
He said it was obvious there were many cases at the Everest base camp because he could visibly see citizens were sick, and can even hear people coughing in their tents.
A total of 408 foreign climbers were issued makes room to climb Everest this season, Aided by several hundred Sherpa guides and support staff who been stationed at base camp since April.
Nepalese mountaineering officials have denied there are any active cases this season among climbers and support staff at all base camps for the country Himalayan mountains. Mountaineering was closed last year simply because of the pandemic.
Nepalese officials could not straight be reached for comment Saturday. Other climbing teams have not announced any COVID 19 infections among their visitors or staff. Several climbers have reported testing positive after they were brought down from the Everest base camp.
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Most teams still exist at base camp, Hoping for clear weather next week for them to make a final push to the summit before the climbing season closes at the end of the month, Furtenbach being said.
in late April, A Norwegian climber became the first to test positive at the Everest base camp. He was flown by heli to Kathmandu, Where he was treated and later delivered home.
Nepal is encountering a virus surge, With record amounts of new infections and deaths. China last week canceled climbing from its side of Mount Everest due to fears herpes could be spread from the Nepalese side.
Nepal described 8,607 new microbial and 177 deaths on Friday, Bringing the nation's totals since the pandemic began to more than 497,000 issues and 6,024 fatalities.