Covid-19 reaches Mount Everest, multiple climbers test positive in record tourist season

This year a record number of 408 expedition permits were issued for Mount Everest after the 2020 climbing season was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, doesn't seem to be safe from Covid-19, with reports emerging of multiple climbers testing positive at the base camp in Nepal. The first Covid-19 case at the base camp this year was detected in late April. However, the Nepali government has maintained that there are no infections in the Everest base camp.