WHO Director Enters Self-Quarantine After Close Contact With COVID-19 Positive Person

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 25, 2020. Denis Balibouse/Reuters

World Health Organization (WHO) director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he has entered self-quarantine after coming into contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19, the disease the CCP virus causes.

Ghebreyesus made the announcement in a post on Twitter on Sunday.