GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19 but stressed he had no symptoms.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a Tweet, said, “I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.”
“I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with WHO protocols, and work from home,” the WHO chief added.
It is critically important that we all comply with health guidance. This is how we will break chains of #COVID19 transmission, suppress the virus, and protect health systems.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) November 1, 2020
He stressed on Twitter that it was critically important that we all comply with health guidance. “This is how we will break chains of COVID19 transmission, suppress the virus, and protect health systems.”
Tedros has been at the forefront of the United Nations health agency’s efforts to battle the pandemic, which has claimed nearly 1.2 million lives and infected over 46 million people worldwide.
Geneva, where WHO is headquartered, declared a fresh state of emergency on Sunday and said it would go beyond Swiss national measures and shut down all bars, restaurants, and non-essential shops.
The city’s authorities had informed that new measures were needed due to surging cases — with more than 1,000 positive daily tests in recent days — and also ballooning numbers of Covid-19 patients in Geneva hospitals.
