Travel to Antarctica Suspended Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Travel to Antarctica Suspended Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Staff at McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Nov. 11, 2016. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has suspended all travel to Antarctica for at least two weeks following a COVID-19 outbreak at a U.S.-operated research station.

In a Nov. 4 statement, the NSF said more than 70 people tested positive at McMurdo Station, the largest U.S. facility located on the southern tip of Antarctica’s Ross Island.
Lorenz Duchamps
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