UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Antonio Guterres's spokesman Stefan Duzarric confirmed on Wednesday that he had COVID-19 after receiving a positive test result for the new coronavirus and is placed in isolation.
"I would like to inform you that earlier today, in the context of the usual tests that we undergo for our work, I received a positive result in a PCR test (s.s. polymerase chain reaction, molecular test)" for the new coronavirus and "will "I will be isolated as required by medical guidelines," Duzarric said in an e-mail to accredited editors at the United Nations.
Although he stressed that he is fully vaccinated and has already received a booster dose and that the symptoms he is experiencing are "very mild", he intends to work from home until he has a negative test. "For precautionary reasons, the representative's office will be working digitally by the end of this week," he added.
Later yesterday, Mr. Duzarric, in his second e-mail, announced that Antonio Guterres will give a digital press conference on Thursday afternoon. Mr Guterres, who announced he was also being held in solitary confinement a week ago after being told he had been in close contact with a confirmed case, "had no symptoms and tested negative" on Wednesday, his spokesman said. .
(KYPE-APE-BPE-Xinhua / GBA)