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23 Dec 2020
Handout picture provided by the Chilean Army that shows the Antarctic Glacial Sea next to the Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme military base, in Antarctica, 22 December 2020. EFE/Chilean Army/EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO SALES /BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE
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. EFE-EPA
December 23, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus has now affected all seven continents, as 36 infections were reported among people stationed at Chile’s General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme research base in Antarctica, foreign media reported on Tuesday. After testing positive, the 36 individuals were taken to Chile’s Punta Arenas where they are believed to be in good, stable condition. However, they will remain under constant isolation while they recover.
The Chilean Army has thanked the timely preventive action, as “it was possible to relieve said personnel, who, after being subjected to a medical control and the administration of a PCR test. turned out to be positive for Covid-19.”
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By Bill Galluccio
Dec 22, 2020
The coronavirus has now reached every continent in the world. Thirty-six people at a Chilean research base in Antarctica have tested positive for COVID-19 and were forced to evacuate. Officials with the Chilean Army said that the number included 26 members of the military and ten maintenance workers stationed at General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme.
Authorities said that there were 60 people at the research base, and they were all evacuated and tested within 24 hours of a worker reporting symptoms. The infected patients are doing well and are currently self-isolating in the city of Punta Arenas in Chile.
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