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Antarctica New Zealand chief executive Sarah Williamson said people heading to Scott Base already had two weeks isolation before travel, and had limited contact with other bases once there. We have some really good and comprehensive pieces in place this year to make sure we keep Covid out of the Ross Sea region as best we can. I don t think it ll make any changes to what we do but we are constantly reassessing to make sure we have what we need in place to keep Covid away from Antarctica if we can.
Williamson said there was no contact between Scott Base and the Chilean base, which was about 4000km away.
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The director of the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Ronni Gamzu, formerly the country’s coronavirus czar, says his hospital will begin vaccinating the general population against COVID-19 from Sunday, according to the Ynet news site.
Israel is currently only vaccinating those over 60.
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Coronavirus reaches last untouched continent Antarctica as 58 people test positive for the deadly virus
The Chilean authorities said that the first group of 36 people includes 26 military personnel while 10 are civilians. The authorities further stated that the positive patients have so far not shown any COVID-19 complications.
Publish Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 08:50 AM IST
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New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: As the world is gearing up for the vaccine, the coronavirus has reached every corner of the world with fresh infections being reported from Antarctica. Chilean authorities have recently announced that 58 people stationed at two military bases in the continent or on a navy ship have been tested for the deadly pathogen.
Some Likud lawmakers are calling for party primaries to shake up Benjamin Netanyahu’s party slate ahead of the March elections, following the defection of several Likud members to Gideon Sa’ar’s new party, New Hope.
MKs Nir Barkat, Eli Cohen and Shlomo Karhi, express support for the move in interviews with Army Radio. Karhi says the internal vote is needed to “restore the trust of its voters,” while Cohen says a final decision will be made next week.
Sa’ar quit Likud earlier this month to form New Hope and challenge Netanyahu from the right in the upcoming vote. He was joined by Likud MKs Michal Shir and Sharren Haskel.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweets a chart from Our World In Data showing Israel to be the current world leader in administering COVID-19 vaccines to its population, surpassing the UK.
“Tremendous success!” he tweets, alongside the chart showing Israel at the top of the list (0.83 per 100 people). Israel began its drive on Sunday, while Britain started on December 8.
The data for the UK and the US, however, was last updated on Monday, while Israel’s appears to be up-to-date.
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