India Coronavirus Dispatch: Virus in Antarctica is not an Indian worry yet

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Why coronavirus in Antarctica isn’t a worry for the Indian contingent yet

Earlier this week, the world found out that Covid-19 had found to its way to Antarctica. The continent is uninhabited except for those working in dozens of permanent stations set up by many countries to carry out scientific research. This includes India. 

Chile’s armed forces revealed that at least 36 people at the country's research station have been infected. However, the Indian contingent is not worried about contracting the virus. The two Indian permanent stations are at least 5,000 km away from the Chilean base, says this report in the