A spike in coronavirus cases has been reported in Nepal, Thailand and Latvia as the World Health Organisation granted emergency use authorisation for China’s Sinopharm vaccine.
Doctors in Nepal warned on Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.
Nepal reported 9070 new confirmed cases on Thursday compared to 298 a month ago.
The number of fatalities also reached its highest with 58 on Wednesday and 54 on Thursday, for a total of 3529.
“Right now there are no beds available today in any hospital that is treating COVID patients,” said Dr Jyotindra Sharma, chief of Hospital for Advanced Medicine & Surgery in Kathmandu.
“Even if any beds were made available, there is a huge scarcity of oxygen and we are not at the peak of this crisis.”
At the hospital, one of the leading facilities in Nepal for treating COVID-19…
