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The most isolated continent on the planet now reports cases of COVID-19 Share on Facebook Karen TownsendPosted at 9:01 pm on December 22, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme is a permanently staffed Chilean research station in Antarctica. It is one of four permanent bases that Chile has in the Antarctic. It is operated by the Chilean army. Antarctica is the last of the seven continents to report cases of the coronavirus. Authorities confirmed 36 positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday. Scientific research being conducted on the continent has been sc...

Created: 23 December 2020 Santa Claus serves on the North Pole city council - No, really. Santa Claus (his legal name) was first elected to the North Pole, Alaska city council in 2015 and was re-elected to a second term last year. He is also a monk who has taken a vow of poverty, cares deeply about children, the “weak, the poor and the underprivileged.” He wants to “follow the ancient example of St. Nicholas, the precursor to the modern Santa Claus figure. St. Nicholas was the patron saint of children (as well as pawnbrokers, repentant thieves, the unjustly condemned and pros...

feed to stay on top of the news. At least three workers on a ship that had taken supplies and personnel to the research station also tested positive for the virus after returning from their trip. The Sargento Aldea arrived at the base on Nov. 27 and sailed back to Chile on Dec. 10. Chile’s navy said those who embarked on the trip had previously tested negative for COVID-19, according to the BBC.  “Thanks to the timely preventive action … it was possible to relieve said personnel, who, after being subjected to a medical control and the administration of a PCR test ... turned out to be ...