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WHO confirms two coronavirus cases among its staff

LAUSANNE, March 17: A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that two staff members have been confirmed to be infected with coronavirus.
A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) ahead of a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files
By Reuters

LAUSANNE, March 17: A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that two staff members have been confirmed to be infected with coronavirus.


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“The staff had left the office and then at home showed symptoms and were confirmed with COVID-19,” WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told journalists, referring to the official name of the disease caused by the virus. “We do therefore have two confirmed cases.”

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