Antarctica Reports First COVID-19 Outbreak By Carolyn Crist
Dec. 24, 2020 Antarctica reported 36 COVID-19 cases this week, which means the coronavirus is on every continent.
The General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme research base on the northern tip of Antarctica near Chile confirmed that 26 Chilean army personnel and 10 civilian maintenance personnel tested positive, according to CNN.
In addition, three people tested positive for COVID-19 on a military ship that provided support to the research base between Nov. 27 and Dec. 10. Crew members were tested for the virus after arriving at Chile’s Punta Arenas port on Dec. 10.
The research base personnel who tested positive were evacuated to Chile and are now being isolated and monitored there, according to the BBC. So far, the staff hasn’t recorded any complications associated with COVID-19.
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