Gallery: Nepal Sees Surge in Covid-19 Cases, Deaths
May. 13, 2021
A jump in cases since April has strained the country’s health care system and caused a shortage of medical supplies. Nepal reported 9,483 new cases and 225 deaths on Tuesday, the highest single-day death toll since the outbreak of the epidemic. Some reports linked the surge to its neighbor India, where the disease continues to rage
A patient sits outside a hospital on Monday in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: VCG
Family members line up at a crematorium for their relatives’ bodies, who died from Covid-19, in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: The Paper
Members of the Nepal Army carry a Covid-19 victim's body in the rain at a crematorium in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: The Paper
A man in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) burns bodies at a cremation ground in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: The Paper
A COVID-19 patient receives oxygen outside an emergency ward of a hospital in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Photo: VCG
People unload an oxygen cylinder outside an emergency ward of a hospital in Kathmandu on Monday. Photo: The Paper
A nurse sanitizes her hands at a hospital in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Photo: VCG
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