China To Set Up 'Line Of Separation' On Mount Everest, Citing Nepal COVID-19 Outbreak


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By Bill Chappell • 21 minutes ago China will set up a "line of separation" at Mount Everest's summit, as Nepal struggles to control a COVID-19 outbreak. In this photograph, on May 2, 2021 mountaineers trek along the Khumbu glacier near Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district, some 140 km northeast of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Prakash Mathema / AFP via Getty Images China will set up a "line of separation" on one side of Mount Everest's peak, saying the measure is needed to keep Nepal's COVID-19 outbreak from crossing the border, according to state media....