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COVID-19: WHO chief Ghebreyesus in quarantine after contact tests positive

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to work from home, in line with WHO protocols

Last updated: November 02, 2020 | 05:17

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WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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Geneva: The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.

“I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet.

“I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with @WHO protocols, and work from home,” he added.