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UNIS/VIC/273
29 October 2020
VIENNA, 29 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 three people who work for VIC-based organizations tested positive for SARS CoV-2.
Two people work for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). There was no workplace exposure in one case and no close contacts in the workplace in the other.
One person works for the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and there was no workplace exposure.
The cumulative total number of people who have tested positive among personnel of the VIC-based organizations is 107, of whom 90 work at the VIC. Of the total of 107 personnel, 86 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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