At the British research station Rothera in Antarctica there is a team of 30 scientists and construction workers,
Now the usual routes - through Chile - are closedfor polar explorers due to quarantine and border closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, polar explorers will be sent to the Falkland Islands, and only from there - by special plane to the UK.
To date, Antarctica is the only continent where there have been no recorded cases of COVID-19.
Now in 181 countries of the world there are more than 1.35million cases of infection with this infection. 80% of all cases occur in seven countries - the USA, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, China and Iran. At the same time, in China, where the virus came from, there is a significant reduction in the epidemic. Since the end of 2019, 75 thousand people have died from coronavirus infection, more than 285 thousand people have been cured. In Russia, there are a total of 7,497 patients with coronavirus infection, 52 patients died, 494 were cured.
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