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COVID-19 reaches Mount Everest but local government denies any outbreak on mountain

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The coronavirus has conquered the world's highest mountain.A Norwegian climber became the first to be tested for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp and was flown by helicopter to Kathmandu, where he was hospitalized.Erlend Ness told The Associated Press in a message Friday that he tested positive on April 15.

He said another test on Thursday was negative and he was now staying with a local family in Nepal.An ace mountain guide, Austrian Lukas Furtenbach, warned that the virus could spread among the hundreds of other climbers, guides and helpers who are now camped on the base of Everest if all of them are not checked immediately and safety measures are taken.Any outbreak could prematurely end the climbing season,.

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