Nepal’s Parliament Is Dissolved, Deepening a Political Crisis as Covid Rages

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Nepal’s Parliament Is Dissolved, Deepening a Political Crisis as Covid Rages

Opposition politicians seemed daunted by the prospect of planning for a new election while the coronavirus is wreaking havoc.

Covid reaches a new high: The First Case of COVID-19 at Everest Base Camp

Hopes for an Everest season unaffected by the pandemic dimmed last week when the first member of an expedition at Base Camp tested positive for COVID-19, according to a source at camp who asked to remain anonymous.

The infected patient was originally thought to be suffering from high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Upon arrival, the person tested positive for COVID-19. The rest of their expedition team then began quarantining at Base Camp.

While only a single case of COVID-19 has been identified here so far, an outbreak would have disastrous consequences. “When you’re sitting at Everest Base Camp at 17,600 feet, your immune system gets compromised because of the lack of oxygen,” Outside Everest correspondent Alan Arnette told us last spring, when the virus cut the season short before it even started. “Even a small cut on your finger doesn’t heal until you get back down to an oxygen-rich environment. I think the risks are really high, and people are taking a gamble if they climb.”

In discussions of various activities and their risk factors, an often under-rated consideration is the associated activities, compliance enforcement, and rescue / treatment complexities, whether of Covid or other conditions. Golf, hunting, sailing, and mountain climbing, in their pure form, may be low-risk. Participants may be nominally young and healthy, though resilience can be compromised by extreme conditions. The associated socialisation (often involving drinking), related risks, and remoteness (varying considerably for this list of activities) can make rescue or recovery difficult and expensive. This incudes responses to both Covid-related incidents and the normal risks of the activities.

But yeah, Covid's climbing Everest.

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https://www.outsideonline.com/2422521/first-case-covid-19-everest-base-camp

The First Case of COVID-19 at Everest Base Camp

The pandemic continues to complicate hopes for a normal season on the world’s highest mountain

Tödlicher Stau

In nur wenigen Tagen hat der Ansturm auf den Mount Everest mehrere Todesfälle gefordert. Bergsteiger berichten von gefährlich langen Wartezeiten und Streitereien. Nepalesische Behörden haben eine andere Erklärung.

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Tödlicher Stau auf dem Mount Everest

In nur wenigen Tagen hat der Ansturm auf den Mount Everest zu mehreren Todesfällen geführt. Bergsteiger berichten von gefährlich langen Wartezeiten und Streitereien. Nepalesische Behörden sehen das anders. Von Sebastian Manz.