All are well, all have had a mild illness or (are) asymptomatic: Maria Van Kerkhove
Geneva:
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that there had been 65 coronavirus infections among staff at its Geneva headquarters since the start of the pandemic and that a possible small cluster of cases were under investigation.
Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical officer for COVID-19, said five WHO staff tested positive last week, adding: ‘All are fine, all have mild illness or (are ) asymptomatic ”.
Mike Ryan, WHO’s senior emergency specialist, said the Swiss cantons of Geneva, where the United Nations health agency is based, and the neighboring canton of Vaud currently have “one of the strongest transmissions intense in the world “.
“To my knowledge, the cluster under study is the first evidence of potential transmission at the WHO site, but we cannot fully protect ourselves from our own social and other commitments with family and school. and many other things, ”he said.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus marked his return from quarantine on Monday after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
“I was fine, no symptoms. We are on day 17th. I have followed the protocols. Due to the absence of symptoms and the complete follow-up of the protocol, I did not see the need for testing. I can assure you that I’m ‘I’m fine and actually very, very busy,’ Tedros said.
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