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The first COVID-19 cases have been reported inAntarctica , mean the disease has now spread to every continent in the world .

On Tuesday ( Dec. 22 ) , Chilean official reported an outbreak of 36 COVID-19 case at the Chilean research base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme on the Antarctic Peninsula , according to theBBC . Of these , 26 guinea pig were military staff office and 10 were maintenance workers , the BBC reported .

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All of these cases have been evacuated from Antarctica to Punta Arenas , Chile , according toThe Guardian .

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Antarctica had been liberal of COVID-19 until now . The continent has no lasting residents , but about 1,000 people , including scientists and other workers , stay there this past winter , The Guardian report .

the Antarctic Peninsula seen from NASA�s Operation IceBridge research aircraft.

Just a few day before the Antarctic irruption emerged , three case of COVID-19 were reported on a Chilean navy blue ship that had bring supplying to the enquiry alkali , according to the BBC .

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