KATHMANDU – At least one climber on Mount Everest tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), weeks after the world’s tallest peak reopened to climbers following a year of closure.
Norwegian climber Erlend Ness was isolated in hospital for eight nights due to the virus.
Reports said a sherpa in his party had also tested positive for the virus.
Ness is unsure where he caught the virus, but raised the possibility of catching it while he is in one of the tea houses along the Khumbu Valley.
The outbreak is a blow to Nepal, which relies heavily on income generated from Everest expeditions.(BBC)
