36 in Antarctica take a look at good for COVID-19, officials say

The coronavirus has created its way to Antarctica, which experienced been the previous continent with out any beneficial situations, in accordance to Chile officers.

Thirty-6 people today at the Bernado O’Higgins exploration station tested positive for COVID-19, Chilean news community 24 Horas noted. The exploration station is operated by the Chilean Military.

Of the 36 beneficial cases, 26 are army personnel and the other 10 are routine maintenance personnel, BBC documented. They have all been evacuated to Chile, BBC reported.

The base lately underwent its annual trade of staff, according to The Antarctic Report.

Staff who traveled from Chile to Antarctica had to quarantine and be examined prior to the vacation, according to Chilean publication La Prensa Austral, but the virus was even now brought to the desolate continent.

3 crew users on board the ship using the contaminated staff again to Chile also examined constructive, La Prensa Austral documented.

In the northern suggestion in west Antarctica, the base’s place is named “tricky to get to even by Antarctic terms,” Australian information outlet ABC.web reported.

There have been additional than 589,000 scenarios of the coronavirus in Chile, which is the fifth most in South America, according to Johns Hopkins University.

About 1,000 scientists vacation to Antarctica all through the winter season at the continent’s 40 year-round bases, the Related Press claimed in September.

The virus was considered “high threat with likely catastrophic consequences” if it at any time arrived at Antarctica, according to documents observed by the AP from the Council of Professionals of Nationwide Antarctic Plans. Thirty nations make up the council.