Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, April 22 (Reporter Wang Jiangang) The United Nations Secretary-General's spokesman Diyarik said on the 22nd that the number of employees of the United Nations global system diagnosed with New Crown Virus continues to increase. As of 21, 249 people were diagnosed with infection, of which 3 people death.
At a video conference held on the 22nd, Diyarik said that the confirmed cases included 30 cases in the Secretariat Building of the United Nations Headquarters in New York and 53 cases in other United Nations agencies in the United States.
The United Nations Headquarters in New York reported on March 12 the first confirmed case of the new crown. The next day, Guterres sent a letter to all employees of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, asking them to implement teleworking from March 16 to April 12, to minimize the risk of the spread of the new coronavirus in the United Nations Headquarters building in New York. Since then, Guterres made two decisions on April 1 and 17 to extend the telecommuting period of all staff at United Nations Headquarters to April 30 and May 31.
On normal working days, about 11,000 people enter the United Nations Headquarters in New York every day. After the implementation of all staff remote office measures, the average number of people entering the headquarters every day is 100.