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
General view of Chile s Bernardo O Higgins army base at Antarctica. (Reuters photo)
SANTIAGO: The 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 21 infections involving people aboard the Chilean navy s Sergeant Aldea supply vessel.
As reported by
AP, the Chilean Army on Monday said that 36 people at the Gen Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base have tested positive.
On Tuesday, the health minister for the Biobio region in Chile said 21 COVID-19 cases were found aboard the Chilean navy s Sergeant Aldea supply vessel.
One more case was reported in Las Estrellas village.
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208 crew members quarantined on the ship
According to Chile s Army, the first group of 36 people includes 26 members of the military and 10 civilians who are employees of a maintenance contract company.
The Army added that none had shown complications so far.
Further, after 21 people on the Sergeant Aldea vessel tested positive, all 208 crew members aboard that ship were quarantined, the Navy said.
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. One more case was reported in Las Estrellas village, where civilian personnel working at the Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh Martin Air Force Base live, said Eduardo Castillo, regional health secretary for the Magallanes area, which oversee Chilean operations in the Antarctic. The Sargento Aldea ship docked at that village, he added.
Covid-19 reaches Antarctica, the last untouched continent
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. December 23, 2020 7:30:57 am
So far no other country with a presence in Antarctica has publicly reported any other cases. (Jeremy Harbeck/NASA via AP)
The 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.