WHO Chief in quarantine

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on November 1 (Sunday) that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for coronavirus. Tedros Adhanom, however, stressed that he had no symptoms of the Covid-19 infection.

In a tweet on November 1 (Sunday), Tedros Adhanom said that he has been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for coronavirus and that he was under self-quarantine.

“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 said in a tweet.

Tedros has been at the forefront of the United Nations health agency’s efforts to battle the pandemic since it was reported in China.

“My @WHO colleagues and I will continue to engage with partners in solidarity to save lives and protect the vulnerable. Together!” Tedros tweeted.

The WHO chief stressed on Twitter that “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,” he said.

The 55-year-old former Ethiopian minister of health and foreign affairs has for months reiterated that each person has a role to play in halting the spread of the virus.

The WHO urges all individuals to be careful about hand-washing, wearing masks and keeping a distance, while it calls on authorities at various levels to work to find, isolate, test and care for cases, then trace and quarantine their contacts.