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 R
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COVID-19 pandemic reaches Antarctica, last untouched continent
By EVA VERGARA The Associated Press,Updated December 22, 2020, 6:47 p.m.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) â The pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth.
Chilean authorities announced that at least 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 21 infections involving people aboard the Chilean navy s Sergeant Aldea supply vessel.
The COVID-19 pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth.
Chilean authorities announced that at least 58 people who were at two military bases in Antarctica or on a navy ship that went to the continent tested positive for the 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 had tested positive, and Tuesday the health minister for the Biobio region in Chile said there were 21 infections among people aboard the Chilean navy’s Sargento Aldea supply vessel.
Covid-19 Creeps Into Antarctica Published by GulteDesk December 23, 2020
Until the other day, Antarctica was the only continent among the seven that is free from Covid-19. But it did not last long as the global pandemic has reached the continent and about 58 people that were at two military bases in Antarctica tested positive for the novel virus.
As per the Chilean authorities 36 people at the Gen. Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base have tested positive on Monday. And on Tuesday 21 people aboard the Chilean navy’s Sergeant Aldea supply vessel were infected with the virus. Lastly one more case was reported in Las Estrellas’ village, where civilian personnel working at the Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh Martin Air Force Base.