Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) say 65 people have been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia (COVID-19) since the outbreak began, but deny the outbreak at the organization’s headquarters and decline to say whether any of its leaders have contracted the disease.
The Associated Press reports that, according to internal WHO emails, 65 people have been infected with Wuhan pneumonia at WHO headquarters, including at least one case of cluster infection, and about half of the diagnosed employees work remotely from home, although 32 are still in the headquarters building. More than 2,000 people typically work at WHO headquarters, where the agency claims to have taken strict hygiene, screening and other precautions.
In addition, Tan Desai claimed in early November to have been in contact with people diagnosed with neo-coronary pneumonia, and then began home quarantine. WHO Secretary General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was asked by the media if he had been tested for the virus before returning to work. Tandse replied that he was happy to be back at work, that he was asymptomatic, that he was not required to undergo testing, and that he was in good health.
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