65 health agency workers infected in Geneva

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including five people who worked on the premises and were in contact with one another.

The United Nations health agency, according to media reports, said it is investigating how and where the five people became infected — and that it has not determined whether transmission happened at its offices. WHO’s confirmation yesterday of the figures in the email was the first time it has publicly provided such a count.

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But 32 were in staff who had been working on premises at the headquarters building, where more than 2000 people usually work and the agency says it has put in place strict hygiene, screening and other prevention measures.