At General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme, a military base in the Antarctic Peninsula, 26 members of the Chilean military and 10 civilian maintenance workers tested positive as of Dec. 21. Authorities confirmed the news in a statement shared with 24 Horas, a local Spanish news station, according to the NYT. Those who tested positive have since been isolated and contact tracing is being conducted.
An additional three crew members of a Chilean Navy vessel returning from Antarctica also tested positive, according to La Prensa Austral, a local Spanish publication cited by the NYT.
“Personnel at U.S. Antarctic Program stations have had no interactions with the Chilean stations in question or the personnel who reside there,” a U.S. spokesperson told the NYT.
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