Antarctica's splendid isolation keeps coronavirus at bay

Santiago (AFP) May 14, 2020

As the planet battles the seemingly inexorable spread of the coronavirus, Antarctica remains the only COVID-19-free continent - thanks in the main to strict security and not a little luck. The natural isolation of the frozen and desolate expanse has been taken to new extremes since the WHO declared a pandemic on March 11. Authorities canceled all tourism, evacuated non-essential personn