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World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will be self-quarantining over the coming days. Gizmodo reports the move comes after Ghebreyesus came into close contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Tedros tweeted Sunday evening that he was well and asymptomatic, but he was planning to isolate himself according to the WHO’s own protocols. 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. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General, World Health Organization The WHO is based in Geneva, which is currently being clobbered with the record-breaking number of nine thousand cases of COVID-19 per day.
At a press conference, WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we continue to see misinformation on social media and mainstream media about the pandemic accord that countries are now negotiating". Earlier on Twitter, Elon Musk wrote "countries should not cede authority to WHO". Without naming the South African billionaire directly, the WHO chief says "the claim that the accord will cede power to WHO is quite simply false. It's fake news". SOUNDBITE
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
Hanoi (Vietnam), Sep 28 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Linh Luong Thai) .- The Hanoi authorities allowed outdoor sports activities since Tuesday after more than two months with strict social distancing measures to stop the increase in covid-19 cases.FOOTAGE OF OUTDOOR EXERCISES IN HANOI, VIETNAM.
Paris, Jun 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) The Disneyland Paris amusement park reopened its doors on Thursday after months of closure due to coronavirus restrictions. The park, closed since October, will maintain capacity limitations and the use of the mask for visitors over six years of age.FOOTAGE OF DISNEYLAND PARIS.
Prague (Czech Republic), May 31 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Martin Divisek) The interior premises of Czech restaurants and bars have reopened this Monday, after five months of closure imposed to stop the Covid-19 pandemic, for all clients who can demonstrate their immunity against the disease through an official certificate, confirmed today the public television CT24.FOOTAGE OF THE REOPENING OF RESTAURANTS IN PRAGUE
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