Not The Onion: China is drawing a line atop Mt. Everest to stop spread of COVID-19


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Flip By K. Walker It seems a bit unlikely that someone infected with the coronavirus would be climbing to a peak of 29,000 feet, yet here we are. Nepal is currently struggling to cope with a massive outbreak of COVID-19, with approximately 9,000 infections reported daily. To curtail the infection rate rising in the land where the virus is believed to have begun began, China is doing everything it can to keep the Nepalese out. That includes adding a border marker at the summit of Mount Everest to delineate the Chinese side from the Nepalese side. It’s unclear how the...