{"id":273810,"date":"2020-11-02T02:42:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T07:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=273810"},"modified":"2020-11-02T02:42:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T07:42:53","slug":"who-chief-quarantines-after-contact-with-covid-19-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/02\/who-chief-quarantines-after-contact-with-covid-19-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO chief quarantines after contact with Covid-19 patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_265874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265874\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/89595484_2670670356335773_31779940491853824_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-265874\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/89595484_2670670356335773_31779940491853824_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/89595484_2670670356335773_31779940491853824_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/89595484_2670670356335773_31779940491853824_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/89595484_2670670356335773_31779940491853824_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI 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,\u201d he said on Twitter. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrTedros.Official\/photos\/a.555336211202542\/2670670353002440\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrTedros.Official\/\">Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Sunday that he had been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) but remained healthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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,\u201d he said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy @WHO colleagues and I will continue to engage with partners in solidarity to save lives and protect the vulnerable. Together!,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Covid-19 has claimed more than 1.19 million lives in 189 countries and regions since first being detected in Wuhan, China in December last year.<\/p>\n<p>The US, India and Brazil are currently the worst-hit countries.<\/p>\n<p>More than 46 million cases have been reported worldwide, with recoveries exceeding 31 million, according to figures compiled by US-based Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA\u00a0\u2013 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Sunday that he had been identified as a contact of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":265874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273811,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273810\/revisions\/273811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}