China to Create 'Line of Separation' at Everest Summit on COVID Fears

China to Create ‘Line of Separation’ at Everest Summit on COVID Fears By Reuters May 09, 2021 10:13 A long queue of mountain climbers line a path on Mount Everest just below camp four, in Nepal, May 22, 2019. BEIJING – China will set up “a line of separation” at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent the mingling of climbers from COVID-hit Nepal and those ascending from the Tibetan side as a precautionary measure, Chinese state media reported on Sunday. Everest base camp on the Nepalese side has been hit by coronavirus cases since late April. The Nepalese government,…