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WHO chief says he is identified as contact of COVID-19 positive person

WHO chief says he is identified as contact of COVID-19 positive person

By Reuters

Interview with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, former foreign and health minister of Ethiopia, currently, a candidate for the post of the Director General of the World Health Organisation, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Photo: Bikesh Prajapati/THT

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that he had been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19, but added that he was feeling well and did not have any symptoms.

“I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19. I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with @WHO protocols, and work from home,” Tedros said in a tweet.