Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organisation, WHO, has gone into quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19.
He announced the status in a series of tweet on his verified handle @Dr.Tedros on Sunday, November 1, 2020.
According to him: “I’ve been identified as a contact person of someone who has COVID-19 symptoms, I am well and without symptoms but will self quarantine over the coming days and self quarantine from home.
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 Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) November 1, 2020
“My colleagues and I at WHO will continue to engage with partners in solidarity to save lives and protect the vulnerable”, he added.
Ghebreyesus and other officials at the WHO have been at the forefront of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic since it broke out early in the year.
