Covid in Antarctica!!! How about Pluto? By Brian Simpson
Well, have virus will travel! Covid now has completed its world tour, even reaching Antarctica, something even the Beatles did not do. So, we can truly say that Covid is bigger than the Beatles, now. Take that, Lennon!
“Coronavirus has infected a Chilean military and research base in Antarctica – meaning the disease has now spread to every continent.
Thirty-six people at the General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme base tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.
The outbreak has been traced to the delivery of supplies from the Naval vessel Sargento Aldea which arrived from Chile on November 27
When the boat returned to the port of Talcahuano in Southern Chile on December 16, three of the 208 crew members tested positive for Covid.
Several more cases from the boat had already been detected after it docked at Punta Arenas on December 10, according to the Chilean Navy.
The Navy say that every precaution was taken before setting sail to Antarctica, with all of the crew coming back negative after swab tests.
At the O'Higgins base, 26 army personnel have been infected along with 10 contractors who were doing maintenance work on the facility.”
The really big question is whether or not the virus will spread to penguins, requiring them to socially isolate in the freezing landscape?
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