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COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica | |
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![]() Confirmed cases in Antarctica | |
Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Antarctica |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Base General Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile) |
Arrival date | 21 December 2020 (3 years, 8 months and 4 days ago) |
Confirmed cases | 226 |
Active cases | 0 |
Suspected cases‡ | 1 |
Recovered | 226 |
Deaths | 0 |
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‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to its remoteness and sparse population, Antarctica was the last continent to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 and was one of the last regions of the world affected directly by the pandemic.[1][2][3] The first cases were reported in December 2020, almost a year after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in China. At least 36 people are confirmed to have been infected.[4] Even before the first cases on the continent were reported, human activity in Antarctica was indirectly impacted.
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