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Coronavirus cases confirmed in Antarctica – ABC News
Antarctica can no longer lay claim to being the only continent free of coronavirus after up to 36 Chileans reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
Antarctica can no longer lay claim to being the only continent free of coronavirus after 36 Chileans reportedly tested positive for COVID-19..
Spanish-language media has reported up to 36 people connected with the Chilean Army base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme tested positive for the virus on Monday.
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The research station, known colloquially as O’Higgins, is one of 13 active Chilean bases in Antarctica.
It is located…
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