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The Chilean Navy confirmed that the LSDH-91 “Sergeant Aldea”, who fulfilled between November 27 and December 10 logistical support tasks in the Antarctic Base “Bernardo O´Higgins”, is in preventive quarantine.
The foregoing, upon detection of 3 cases of positive covid out of a total of 208 crew membersAccording to the result of the PCR test carried out on the crew yesterday, December 16, upon arrival in Talcahuano.
The decision to submit the unit to the PCR examination was made after the detection of two positive cases of covid-19 of military personnel disembarked in Punta Arenas on December 10.
Before sailing from Punta Arenas, on November 24, the entire crew of the ship had to undergo a PCR test. Once its result was known and it was confirmed that the entire crew of the ship had yielded a negative PCR, the unit set sail from that city to the Antarctic continent, the institution reported.
Likewise, all endowments and work items made up of personnel from the Chilean Army, DLR German Base, and civilian contractor personnel, they also quarantined, according to the corresponding sanitary protocols, boarding on board once the Negative result of the PCR Test was known.
“During the day of December 14, two members of the Chilean Army landed in Punta Arenas were notified of being positive cases of COVID 19, after having carried out the corresponding PCR test in that city,” the statement said.
Due to the above, the crew is in preventive quarantine on board the unit, in its base port (Talcahuano), in good health, complying with current sanitary protocols.
As it has become known, the situation also complicates those who are at the Chilean Army base in Antarctica, where people with symptoms associated with the disease have already been reported.
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