Mountain guide Lukas Furtenbach in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday. Photo: AP
Mountain guide Lukas Furtenbach in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday. Photo: AP

Climbing guide says at least 100 people infected with coronavirus on Mount Everest

  • Lukas Furtenbach of Austria gave the first comprehensive estimate amid official Nepalese denials of a Covid-19 cluster
  • China last week cancelled climbing from its side of Mount Everest over fears the virus could be spread from the Nepalese side

Mountain guide Lukas Furtenbach in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday. Photo: AP
Mountain guide Lukas Furtenbach in Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday. Photo: AP
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