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Doctors in Nepal warn people could die on streets amid Covid crisis
A COVID-19 patient waits to receive oxygen outside an emergency ward of a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

DOCTORS in Nepal warned of a major crisis today, saying that people could die on the streets after daily coronavirus cases in the country hit a record high. 

Nepal reported 9,070 new confirmed cases on Thursday, compared to 298 a month ago.

The number of deaths also reached a record high on Wednesday with 58 fatalities, taking the death toll to 3,529.

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