Page 2 - Trinity Peninsula News Today

General view of Chiles Bernardo OHiggins 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. Chiles army announced Monday that 36 people at the Gen Bernardo OHiggins Riq...

Coronavirus reaches Antarctica, bringing pandemic to last untouched continent By Eva Vergara Dr. Chin-Hong explains how COVID-19 vaccines differ from traditional vaccines. SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - 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 p...

The army said the first group of 36 people includes 26 members of the military and 10 civilian employees of a maintenance contract company. It said none so far had shown complications. Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, executive secretary of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, said in a statement that the office received a report from the Chilean Antarctic Institute on Friday about positive cases aboard the Sergeant Aldea vessel “who would have disembarked in the ports of Punta Ar...

So far no other country with a presence in Antarctica has publicly reported any other cases. Chiles army announced Monday that 36 people at the Gen Bernardo OHiggins 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 navys Sergeant Aldea supply vessel. One more case was reported in Las Estrellas village, where civilian personnel working at the Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh...

Canada on guard against new virus strain behind COVID-19: In The News for Dec. 23 by The Canadian Press Last Updated Dec 23, 2020 at 4:26 am EDT FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2015, file photo, wooden arrows show the distances to various cities on King George Island, Antarctica. There has been perhaps no place on earth where authorities have been more vigilant in keeping out the virus than Antarctica, the only continent which remains virus-free. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) In The News is a roun...

9:11 p.m. ET, December 22, 2020 UK scientists say new virus strain likely more transmissible and may impact children more than other variants From CNNs Amy Cassidy in Glasgow, Zamira Rahim and Naomi Thomas Scientists from the UK’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) say they are now “highly confident” the new variant of coronavirus is more infectious than others, with a “hint” that it could be more transmissible in children.  According to NERVTAG, t...

Canada on guard against new virus strain behind COVID-19: In The News for Dec. 23 Wooden arrows show the distances to various cities on King George Island, Antarctica.  Every continent on Earth has now been touched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chilean authorities say 58 people who were at two military bases in Antarctica or on a navy ship that went to the continent tested positive for the new coronavirus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Natacha Pisarenko December 2...

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 authoritie...

Antarctica Covid-19: Virus is now on every continent as Antarctica records its first outbreak CNN 12/23/2020 © Google Antarctica has recorded its first Covid-19 case after 36 people tested positive on a research base, according to a statement released by the Chilean Army. The news marks an unfortunate milestone in the global fight against coronavirus, as until this week, Antarctica was the last continent free from the virus grip. On Sunday, the General Bernardo OHiggins Riquelme Base, a Chi...

COVID-19 now on all 7 continents: Coronavirus reaches Antarctica via Chilean research station Fifty eight people, at two military bases in Antarctica or on a navy ship that had gone to the continent, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Antarctic The COVID-19 pandemic has reached all seven continents as 58 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection in Antarctica. Chilean authorities announced that 58 people, at two military bases in Antarctica or on a navy ship that h...