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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 reg...

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 publicly reported any other cases. Chile's army announced Monday that 36 people at the Gen. Bernardo ...

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 Arenas and Talcahuano” on Chilean mainland. “We have yet to receive further formal information,”...

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...