Covid-19 case numbers climbing at Mt Everest - a podcast by RNZ

Mountaineers and authorities at Nepal's Everest base camp are seeing an increase of Covid-19 cases and fear there will be a serious outbreak.
Cases are on the increase in Nepal, this week it saw more than 7,000 new cases in a day, its highest total since October.
So far, there have been 17 confirmed cases from hospitals in the capital Kathmandu, where a number of climbers have been sent from the base camp and higher camps to be treated.
However, Nepal's government has so far denied having any knowledge of positive cases at Everest base camp.
Billi Bierling is a mountaineer and journalist based in Kathmandu. She spoke to Susie Ferguson.

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