Covid19 reaches Antarctica – 36 people infected

Coronavirus, Health, Science

Coronavirus has now reached the last continent on Earth with the first cases identified in Antarctica.

The Chilean army announced that 36 people linked with the General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme base on the planet’s southern pole had tested positive for COVID-19.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-coronavirus-finally-reaches-antarctica-as-36-test-positive-at-chilean-base-12169876

 

Antarctica: 16 research station workers infected with Covid


 
 

Antarctica: Covid outbreak at an Argentinian research station


 
 
 
 
 
 

Image by Angie Agostino from Pixabay
 

** This post was originally published on December 22, 2020 **