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Nepalese Health Minister Sher Bahadur Tamang speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 17, 2021. Nepal has been able to significantly lower reduce new coronavirus infections after its worst outbreak, but is in desperate need of vaccines, the health minister said Thursday. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
AP Interview: Official says Nepal desperately needs vaccines

By Binaj Gurubacharya Jun. 17, 2021 09:39 AM EDT

Trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa speaks during an interview with The Associate Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 7, 2021. Most Sherpa guides in Nepal famed for the climbing skills have had little or no work guiding foreign trekkers on Nepal's mountains because of the pandemic but trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa is spending his savings to help fellow guides and workers who are struggling for their livelihood. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Sherpa guide uses savings to help colleagues during pandemic

By Binaj Gurubacharya Jun. 14, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

A Nepalese health worker sanitizes the hands of a woman as she arrives gets inoculated against the coronavirus in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Nepal resumed its stalled coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 1 million doses given by China after the Himalayan nation made international pleas for help with a shortage of doses. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Nepal resumes vaccination campaign with doses given by China

By Binaj Gurubacharya Jun. 08, 2021 04:53 AM EDT

Odessa College nursing student Moon Suk Kim prepares doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in a vaccination clinic hosted by Odessa College Thursday, June 3, 2021 in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
The Latest: Melbourne's 4th pandemic lockdown to end Friday

By The Associated Press Jun. 08, 2021 02:17 AM EDT

Chinese climber Zhang Hong, 44, who became the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest upon return from the mountain sits during an interview with the Associated Press at a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 31, 2021.Zhang says he aims to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents and then travel to the North and South Poles. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Chinese climber becomes 1st blind Asian to scale Everest

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 31, 2021 08:10 AM EDT

American climber Arthur Muir, 75, gestures to media as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 30, 2021. The retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest, and a Hong Kong teacher who is now the fastest female climber of the world's highest peak, on Sunday returned safely from the mountain where climbing teams have been struggling with bad weather and a coronavirus outbreak. Arthur Muir, 75, scaled the peak earlier this month, beating the record by another American, Bill Burke, at age 67. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)
Oldest American, fastest woman on Everest return safely

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 30, 2021 01:40 AM EDT

FILE- In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Mount Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a coronavirus outbreak in base camp. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
Virus fails to deter hundreds of climbers on Mount Everest

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 29, 2021 12:06 AM EDT

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita who returned from the mountains on a helicopter arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. The record-holding Sherpa climber halted his attempt to scale Mount Everest for a 26th time because of a bad dream but plans to try again next year. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Bad dream stopped Everest guide from climbing peak 26th time

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 25, 2021 03:44 AM EDT

A woman wearing a face mask loads groceries into her car after shopping at a Zupan's grocery store in Portland, Ore., on Friday, May 21, 2021. As the federal government and many states ease rules around mask-wearing and business occupancy, some blue states like Oregon and Washington are still holding on to some longtime coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
The Latest: Variant 1st seen in UK now dominant in LA County

By The Associated Press May. 22, 2021 07:39 AM EDT

FILE- In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. A Swiss climber and an American have died on Mount Everest in the season's first casualties on the world's highest mountain, expedition organizers said Thursday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
Guide: Over 100 virus cases on Everest despite Nepal denials

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 22, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, center, arrives at the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 10, 2021. Oli asked parliament for a vote of confidence on Monday in an attempt to show he still has enough support to stay in power despite an expected second split within his governing party. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections in November

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 21, 2021 11:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2021, file photo, a health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Buddhist monk at Priest Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand on Friday said it had detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus variant first found in India, even as it announced the formal rollout of its national vaccination plan from next month. (AP Photo/Anuthep Cheysakron,File)
Thailand reports 1st cases of Indian coronavirus variant

May. 21, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

A stranded Spanish national shows his papers as he arrives to board a repatriation flight arranged by their government at Kathmandu airport, Nepal, Friday, May 21, 2021,. The flight to Madrid took 96 people who have been stranded in Nepal since the country went on lockdown in April to curb the spiking COVID-19 cases. The plane also brought to Nepal medical aid and equipment worth 1 million Euro ($1.2 million) gifted by the Spanish government as Nepal struggles with highest daily new cases and highest daily deaths this month. (AP Photo/Binaj Gurubacharya)
Repatriation flight rescues stranded Spaniards from Nepal

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 21, 2021 12:56 AM EDT

Kevin Fisher, of Quincy, Mass., left, receives his second shot of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from RN Katherine Francisco, of Avon, Mass., right, at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. A month after every adult in the U.S. became eligible for the vaccine, a distinct geographic pattern has emerged: The highest vaccination rates are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest ones are mostly in the South. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
The Latest: Flight repatriates stranded Spaniards from Nepal

By The Associated Press May. 20, 2021 04:00 AM EDT

A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus holds a dinosaur shaped balloon walks at a public park in Beijing, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
The Latest: Fauci says pandemic highlights racism's impact

By The Associated Press May. 16, 2021 05:45 AM EDT

Policemen stand guard as Nepalese devotees pull a chariot during the Rato Machindranath chariot festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Saturday, May 15, 2021. A truncated version of a Hindu chariot festival took place in Nepal's capital on Saturday amid strict COVID-19 restrictions, following an agreement between organizers and authorities that prevented a repeat of violent confrontations between police and protesters at last year's festival. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepal scales back Hindu chariot festival amid virus surge

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 15, 2021 10:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
The Latest: Florida's amusement parks loosen mask wearing

By The Associated Press May. 15, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 16, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese surveyors hike toward a higher spot from the base camp on Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters. China has opened the spring Everest claiming season from the northern approach amid strict measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A total of 38 people have been issued permits to climb the world’s highest peak, known as Qomolongma in Tibetan, between March 31 and May 20, state media reported Friday, May 7, 2021. (Jigme Dorje/Xinhua via AP, File)
China cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal

May. 15, 2021 12:35 AM EDT

Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli speaks at the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 10, 2021. Oli asked parliament for a vote of confidence on Monday in an attempt to show he still has enough support to stay in power despite an expected second split within his governing party. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepal's ousted prime minister to head minority government

May. 13, 2021 09:58 PM EDT

A nurse sanitizes her hands at a COVID-19 ward of a government run hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Political turmoil returns as Nepal suffers worst COVID surge

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 13, 2021 02:22 AM EDT