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UNIS/VIC/268
15 October 2020
VIENNA, 15 October (UN Information Service) - This is a message from the four main organizations based at the Vienna International Centre (VBOs).
The Vienna International Centre (VIC) Medical Service reported today that one person who works for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) tested positive for SARS CoV-2. Additionally, a person working for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) tested positive in September, but this was not reported to the Medical Service until now. There was no workplace exposure in either case.
The cumulative total number of people who have tested positive among personnel of the main VIC-based organizations is 90, of whom 76 work at the VIC. Of the total of 90 personnel, 69 have already recovered.
The four main VBOs are the United Nations Office at Vienna/UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN Industrial Development Organization and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
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