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Guides say China is shutting Everest due to virus fears

by Associated Press
| March 12, 2020 3:05 AM

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Expedition operators on Mount Everest said Thursday that Chinese mountaineering officials will not allow spring climbs from their side of the mountain due to fears of the coronavirus.

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