86 United Nations Staffers Across the World Test Positive for Coronavirus
A employee erects an indication informing those who the United Nations Headquarters shall be briefly closed for excursions because of the unfold of coronavirus in the Ny borough of New York Town, New York, US, March 10, 2020. (Reuters)
In Geneva, the selection of personnel at the UN place of work has dropped from round four,000 folks on an ordinary day to on the subject of 70.
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- Ultimate Up to date: March 28, 2020, 12:48 PM IST
United Nations: The United Nations says 86 personnel individuals round the global have reported instances of COVID-19.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric mentioned maximum of the inflamed personnel individuals are in Europe, however there also are staffers in Africa, Asia, the Heart East and the United States that experience the coronavirus. To take a look at to cut back transmission, he mentioned the overwhelming majority of U.N. staffers are running from house.
At UN headquarters in New York, the place an ordinary day would see staffers’ passes swiped 11,000 occasions, the selection of swipes Friday morning stood at 140, Dujarric mentioned. In Geneva, he mentioned, the selection of personnel at the UN place of work has dropped from round four,000 folks on an ordinary day to on the subject of 70 on Thursday.
In Vienna, greater than 97 consistent with cent of UN personnel at the moment are running remotely, he mentioned. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 99 consistent with cent of personnel are running from house.
