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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. Details 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 comp...

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...

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 roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar...

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 23, 2020 - 1:15 AM In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart ...

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...