COVID-19 has arrived at a remote Chilean army base in Antarctica, with 36 people testing positive on Monday, Chile time.
According to the 5th Military Division of the Chilean Army, quoted by Spanish-language media, the group who tested positive is made up of military personnel and employees of an external maintenance company — 26 are uniformed personnel and 10 are civilians.
Wooden arrows show the distances to various cities on King George Island, Antarctica.Credit:AP
The army said all were tested quickly and were being monitored by a medical team with the help of the health department.
“All present a favourable diagnostic and without any complication associated with the virus”, the army statement as quoted in several reports.
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