WHO chief in quarantine after contact tests positive for COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [Photo/Agencies]

GENEVA - The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.

"I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet.

"I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with @WHO protocols, and work from home," he added.