Earthquakes in Nepal has over 7,000 victims.

The number of confirmed victims in Nepal has exceeded 7,000. Rescuers on Sunday, for example, discovered the body of 51 victims, including six foreigners trekking in the Langtang area. Medics have warned against the spread of dangerous diseases.

The discovery of bodies in Langtang informed on Sunday, AFP reported, citing local authorities. In the valley, situated less than a hundred kilometers north of the capital Kathmandu they are still searching for a hundred foreign tourists.


In the quake-hit areas are now threatened outbreak. "Even a minor injury can end total of sepsis," he said in a television reportage of medical personnel assisting in Kathmandu. Everything is complicated by heat and ubiquitous dust. 

The death toll from last weekend's earthquake in Nepal, according to local authorities already exceeded 7000. Were wounded by the current balance of 14,123 people, of which hospital care is 6 512th

On the site affects many international organizations, among them the Czech. UN warns, however, that aid for the first month after the disaster, which amounts to $ 300 million, will not be enough. People in Nepal among others also complain to the chaotic distribution of aid. 

In the meantime, the Himalayan country on Saturday also started operating Czech team of 36 medics and doctors. The first ten patients treated in Melamchi, about 40 kilometers from Kathmandu.

Bohemia jammed at the monastery transported from the mountains helicopter
On Saturday it was the valley of the inaccessible mountainous regions transported by helicopter eight Czechs, who had stayed at the monastery Lho. Journey through the land has not been possible due to rock falls and landslides. 

According to the agency DPA, meanwhile, withdrew almost all mountaineering expeditions from the world's highest mountain Mount Everest. The last ones will do so in the coming days, said DPA Belgian climber François Damien from the base camp, which apparently looks like a tsunami.

An earthquake measuring 7.8 degrees on the massif of Mount Everest triggered numerous landslides that killed at least 18 people. 

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