Chilean Army / Reuters
Antarctica is no longer the only continent free of the pandemic.
Thirty-six people stationed at the General Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base had tested positive for the virus, Chilean officials said this week. The permanent research station is located on tip of the continent south of Chile.
Of those infected, 26 are members of the Chilean army and 10 are civilian maintenance personnel, authorities said in a statement to the Spanish-language television channel 24 Horas. The officials added that contact tracing was underway and those who tested positive were in isolation.
No other countries have publicly reported positive cases on Antarctica, USA Today reported, and there have been concerted efforts to ensure the virus did not reach the remote continent.
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.
Chilean Army / Reuters
Antarctica is no longer the only continent free of the pandemic.
Thirty-six people stationed at the General Bernardo O Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base had tested positive for the virus, Chilean officials said this week. The permanent research station is located on tip of the continent south of Chile.
Of those infected, 26 are members of the Chilean army and 10 are civilian maintenance personnel, authorities said in a statement to the Spanish-language television channel 24 Horas. The officials added that contact tracing was underway and those who tested positive were in isolation.
No other countries have publicly reported positive cases on Antarctica, USA Today reported, and there have been concerted efforts to ensure the virus did not reach the remote continent.
2020: A Year in Space
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It’s difficult to mention the year 2020 without referencing COVID-19, but as more human beings than ever before were wishing they could take a break from the surface of the planet, space research continued to push our knowledge of the stars. Whilst much of the scientific community was consumed with combating a pandemic, physicists, astronomers, cosmologists, and other researchers were further pushing our understanding of space and the objects which dwell there.
The Coronavirus Has Reached Antarctica. Now It’s On Every Continent
By Brakkton Booker
December 23, 2020
Antarctica is no longer the only continent free of the pandemic.
Thirty-six people stationed at the General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base had tested positive for the virus, Chilean officials said this week. The permanent research station is located on tip of the continent south of Chile.
Of those infected, 26 are members of the Chilean army and 10 are civilian maintenance personnel, authorities said in a statement to the Spanish-language television channel 24 Horas. The officials added that contact tracing was underway and those who tested positive were in isolation.