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COVID-19: Nepal's infection rate one of the highest in the world says UN

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A United Nations report has found that Nepal's corona epidemic has the highest rate in the world.

A United Nations report has found that Nepal's corona epidemic has the highest rate in the world. Source: Sujan Shrestha / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

A United Nations report has found that Nepal's corona epidemic has the highest rate in the world. Our Nepal correspondent Sewa Bhattarai filed this story from Kathmandu.

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A United Nations report has found that Nepal's corona epidemic has the highest rate in the world. Our Nepal correspondent Sewa Bhattarai filed this story from Kathmandu.

A COVID-19 patient receives oxygen outside an emergency ward at a government-run hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, 13May, 2021.
A COVID-19 patient receives oxygen outside an emergency ward at a government-run hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, 13May, 2021. Source: AP via AAP
A Nepali man waits to refill medical oxygen cylinders at an oxygen plant in Kathmandu, Nepal,
A Nepali man waits to refill medical oxygen cylinders at an oxygen plant in Kathmandu, Nepal. Source: AP/Niranjan Shrestha

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