1st Covid-19 cases recorded in Antarctica
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Santiago de Chile, Dec 22 (efe-epa).- Covid-19 has now spread to every continent on Earth as 36 people have tested positive for the coronavirus at a Chilean military base in Antarctica.
The Chilean army reported in a statement that 26 military personnel and 10 civilian contractors at the Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme base tested positive on Sunday and were evacuated and “isolated” in Punta Arenas, a city in southern Chile.
Those infected are being “constantly monitored with the support from the Health Authority of the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region, achieving so far a favorable diagnosis and without any complications associated with Covid-19 by our staff,” added the institution.