By Gbenga Abulude (Politics and General Desk)
The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Mr Tedros Ghebreyesus has tested positive for COVID-19.
Ghebreyesus announced his status in a series of tweet on his verified handle @Dr.Tedros.
“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.
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“My colleagues and I at WHO will continue to engage with partners in solidarity to save lives and protect the vulnerable” he tweeted.
The DG along with officials at the WHO have been at the forefront of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic since it broke out early in the year.
COVID-19 has claimed nearly 1.2 million lives and infected over 46 million people worldwide since emerging in China late last year.
Ghebreyesus, aged 55 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.”
The 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.
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The DG’s words is coming at a time that several European nations are experiencing a new wave of the outbreak of the pandemic with fresh lockdowns and restrictions aimed at stopping galloping infections and deaths.
