Antarctica, the last stand, falls to COVID
Antarctica, the last stand, falls to COVID
Agencies / Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 06:00 IST
58 persons, including those on military bases and aboard a navy ship of Chile in
Antarctica, tested positive for the
infection
SANTIAGOThe pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth. Chilean authorities announced that 58 people that were at two military bases in Antarctica or on a navy ship that went to the continent tested positive for the new coronavirus. So far, no other country with a presence in Antarctica has publicly reported any other cases.
Chile's army announced Monday that 36 people at the Gen Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base have tested positive, and on Tuesday the health minister for the Biobio region in Chile said there are 21infections involving people aboard the Chilean navy's Sergeant Aldea supply vessel. One more case was reported in Las Estrellas' village, where civilian personnel working at the Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh Martin Air Force Base live, said Eduardo Castillo, regional health secretary for the