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Coronavirus reaches Antarctica
Chilean authorities announced this week that a coronavirus outbreak had taken place in one of its bases in Antarctica. It marks the first time the virus has reached the remote icy continent.
Research and military stations in Antarctica had gone to great lengths in to keep the virus out. Tourism had been canceled, activities and staff had been scaled back, while several facilities had been locked down.
Where was the virus found?
The Chilean navy said it had detected three cases of COVID-19 among 208 crew members of Sargento Aldea ship, which sailed from Chile s southernmost Magallanes region to the Antarctic region between November 27 and December 10.
2020-12-23 03:36:01 GMT2020-12-23 11:36:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SANTIAGO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) The Chilean Army confirmed that 26 soldiers and 10 civilians who were performing maintenance work at a base stationed in Antarctica have tested positive for COVID-19.
In a statement released on Monday by local press and ratified on Tuesday, the army announced that in recent days personnel who were performing functions at the Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme Antarctic Base had presented symptoms associated with COVID-19.
According to the statement, the contagion of these 36 men was subsequently validated through PCR tests, of whom 26 were in uniform and the other 10 belonged to a contractor company that was carrying out scheduled maintenance work in that place. Enditem
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SANTIAGO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) The Chilean army has confirmed that 26 soldiers and 10 civilians who were performing maintenance work at a base stationed in Antarctica tested positive for COVID-19.
In a statement released on Monday by local press and confirmed on Tuesday, the army announced that in recent days personnel who were performing functions at the Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme Antarctic Base had presented symptoms associated with COVID-19.
According to the statement, the contagion of these 36 men was subsequently validated through PCR tests. Among them, 26 were in uniform and the other 10 belonged to a contractor company that was carrying out scheduled maintenance work in that place.
December 22, 2020 2 min read
This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached one of the most isolated and unpopulated places in the world, Antarctica . The army assured the appearance of a
SARS-CoV-2 outbreak inside the
Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme Antarctic Base (BAE). According to the institution, the compound was evacuated and sanitized after detecting the outbreak, the
36 positive cases were transferred to the city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile where they are isolated. The patients presented symptoms, later
the diagnosis of coronavirus was confirmed by PCR.