Stranded American citizens arrive to board a Qatar Airways flight at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Several American citizens are stranded in Nepal due to the nationwide lockdown enforced in an attempt to stop the coronavirus spread. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (…
March 31, 2020
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March 31, 2020 4:34 a.m.
Hundreds of stranded Americans leave Nepal amid lockdown
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of stranded Americans left Nepal on a repatriation flight Tuesday, days after a complete lockdown was imposed in the Himalayan nation to help fight the coronavirus.