A group of Chinese mountaineers has begun an expedition on hina limped back to normalcy after the coronovirus outbreak. The site, however, remains closed to foreign climbers.
The highest peak of the world stands on the border of China and Nepal and can be climbed from both sides. China has closed its side to foreign climbers while Nepal has cancelled all expeditions in response to Covid-19. Only Chinese climbers are permitted this spring season because of the pandemic, operators told the BBC. China has suspended foreign expeditions on the north side of 8,848-meter Mount Everest in Tibet during the spring climbing season of 2020 due to the global spread of the coronavirus. The Tibet Mountaineering Association (TMA) announced during the second week of March that while China has made great progress in containing the coronavirus disease, its rapid global spread still brings uncertainty and danger.