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The final frontier: Antarctica infections mean every continent now affected
Wednesday December 23, 2020
The pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth.
Chilean authorities have 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 General 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…
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