New crown outbreak in Chilean Antarctic base
Xinhua News Agency, Santiago, December 22 (Reporter Yin Nan and Zhang Xiaoran) According to Chilean media reports on the 22nd, a new crown outbreak occurred at the Chilean Bernardo Oykins Riquelme base in Antarctica, and 36 people tested for the new crown virus. Was positive.
The media quoted a communiqué issued by the Chilean military, stating that 26 of the 36 are active military personnel and 10 are civilians responsible for base maintenance.
They recently developed symptoms of the new crown during their duties at the base, and the military carried out a timely rotation of personnel and carried out a thorough cleaning and elimination of the base.
According to reports, personnel evacuated from the Antarctic base are currently being quarantined and undergoing health monitoring in the Magellan region of southern Chile.
The Chilean Navy reported on the 17th that out of the 208 crew members of the Navy’s "Sergeant Aldeia" that recently visited Bernardo O’ikins Riquelme base, three of them tested positive for the new crown virus. Two army soldiers aboard the ship tested positive after arriving in southern Chile.
It is also reported that on the 18th, staff of the Chilean health department went to the country’s Antarctic President Eduardo Frei Montalva’s base, the Chilean Antarctic Institute and other institutions to conduct tests on relevant personnel, and then submit a test result The positive person and 8 close contacts were evacuated to southern Chile.