Five foreign tourists have been rescued from Bahrebise of Sabhapokhari Rural Municipality in Sankhuwasabha District. Of them, two are Australians, one is French and the next two are Canadians.
All of them had come to Sankhuwasabha for trekking around the Makalu region but were stranded after the enforcement of the lockdown by the government in view of the coronavirus risk.
They were airlifted by helicopter to Kathmandu on Wednesday, the District Police Office Sankhuwasabha stated.