Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica

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Why is this an article?

There is no COVID in Antarctica. Why is an article needed?--Pestilence Unchained (talk) 07:17, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Both sentences in the lead give reasons for the article's existence: being a SARS-CoV-2-free continent, geographically speaking, is an exception, and interesting because of that; and politically, several countries say that parts of Antarctica are parts of the country, so in a political sense, Antarctica does have SARS-CoV-2 cases. More useful would be to know of testing that is done on people travelling to Antarctica: have any flights going there been cancelled? is the pre-flight testing very thorough, e.g. three or four negative SARS-CoV-2 tests required over the space of 1-2 weeks and isolation prior to flying? Since the winter is approaching, I would guess that returns from Antarctica would be a lot more likely than flights going there (in terms of passengers). We do have a small (tiny) amount of material on these types of questions in the article.

The problem with a merger into another article is that this material would risk being placed in an un-obvious place. Most territory-based COVID-19 pandemic articles are in (2019-)2020 coronavirus pandemic in [Country X] articles, and that's where people will expect to find the info. Boud (talk) 22:40, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You could make a 2020 coronavirus pandemic on the Moon or 2020 coronavirus pandemic on the International Space Station with the same rationale. There are other places that are not really impacted.--Pestilence Unchained (talk) 05:22, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well this didn't quite age well... 17:27 (UTC), 23 December 2020. AustroHungarian1867

The case can be made for anyplace people have been to or had access to only since December 2019.

Since people have not been to the Moon in nearly 50 years, your suggestion per the Moon is both outlandish and ludicrous.

The ISS on the other hand . . . 2600:8800:785:9400:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 17:15, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Antarctica is the only continent with 1 confirmed cases" is it true?

There are no official sources to confirm this material. --2A02:2F01:6504:6200:64ED:61EE:FCC3:850D (talk) 17:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the change by IP user 86.155.235.175. 2A02:2F01:6504:6200:64ED:61EE:FCC3:850D (talk) 17:39, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Coronavirus develops Cold Resistance II

Ah yes. Before 2021 strikes at the doors to end a pandemic, we all have to be informed that 100% of the world has been reached by this virus. Dear Antarctica, may you be blessed and keep it a stable situation. COVID-19 isn't bad with low density population but this is just a unexpected moment in History of the World.

17:30 (UTC), 23 December 2020. AustroHungarian1867

COVID-19 in Antarctica

If the people caught the virus in Antarctica, how did the virus get there in the first place ? ? ?

Especially given all the quarantines, shutdowns, protocols, decontamination procedures, etc.

Just curious. 2600:8800:785:9400:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 17:09, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From what I understand, it was transported from Chile. Thanks, EDG 543 (message me) 17:54, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Visual issue?

There's a visual issue with a template showing behind reflist content that I've played around with trying to fix and can't. Anyone else (perhaps with more knowledge) willing to give it a shot? - Purplewowies (talk) 23:14, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rothera Research Station

The article doesn't have a reference for the 27 cases in Rothera Research Station, when search for that in web we can see they were suspect cases but the tests turned out negative. - - Santiago ^{ↀᴥↀ^) ฅ} 16:37, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]