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UNIS/VIC/298
21 December 2020

Message from the main Vienna International Centre organizations

VIENNA, 21 December (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 that one person who works for the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) outside Austria tested positive for SARS CoV-2. There was no workplace exposure.

The cumulative total number of people who have tested positive among personnel of the VIC-based organizations is 180, of whom 150 work at the VIC. Of the total of 180 personnel, 168 have 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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Sonja Wintersberger
Deputy to the Director, UNIS Vienna
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Email: sonja.wintersberger[at]un.org   

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