| UN Refuses Press Qs on
Coronavirus Even As Staffer in Vienna Was Said
Diagnosed with #COVID19
By Matthew
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UN GATE, Feb 26 –
The United Nations has
assiduously avoided answering
Press questions about its
response to Coronavirus.
Publicly UN
Secretary General Antonio
Guterres and his officials
have lavished praise on China
for its response, without
answering on the disappearance
of a journalist who exposed
them on it.
Now that the tech
giants the UN has turned
itself over to, as it has to China,
have canceled
the Mobile World Congress 2020
even though it was to be in
Barcelona, the question is
more Pressing: what
precautions has the UN taken
given the travel to and from
it, on unaccountable
diplomatic passports, of
diplomats and others from the
epicenter of the virus? Inner
City Press has asked each day
for a week - no answer at all,
now as Guterres takes public
money and UN Security to
lounge around his real home in
Lisbon.
Now at the
UN in Europe, Vienna to be
specific, a UN staffer was
reportedly diagnosed with
COVID-19: "Next suspected
corona in Vienna: alarm at the
UN divide Tweet
School was closed due to a
sick teacher. The corona
suspicion was not confirmed.
An employee of the Vienna
International Center (VIC)
suspected an infection with
the coronavirus. This was
announced by the UN
information service (UNIS) in
Vienna on Wednesday afternoon.
The employee in question was
taken to a hospital for
further observations and
tests. According to
UNIS, it was also investigated
who was in close contact with
the potentially infected
person. According to this,
four people were identified:
"They were sent home and told
to observe themselves (whether
symptoms of an infection
appear, note)," said UNIS.
Personal interaction was
defined as "close contact"
over 15 minutes at a distance
of one meter or less.
According to UNIS, they are in
contact with the local
authorities and support
them.."
Inner City
Press immediately in writing
asked UN Spokespeople Stephane
Dujarric, Farhan Haq, Eri
Kaneko, Melissa Fleming, Amina
J. Mohammed and Guterres
himself: "in:sent February
26-3: On Coronavirus / COVID
19, on which you have refused
all Inner City Press
questions, now that a UN
system staffer in Vienna has
been diagnosed, please
immediately state what the
UNHQ is doing to protect its
staff and host city from
spreading the virus, beyond
"hand sanitizers".
And twelve
hours later, no answer at all.
These people are criminals.
Others have said it was a
false alarm, and so we print
this. But it will all be on
them - Guterres' corruption
causes and cover ups death,
and not only in Cameroon.
Banned
Inner City Press has obtained
the below UN spin of
Coronavirus including praise
of China's "vigorous" approach
which has included
Guterres-like censorship and
welding people in their homes
to die: "From: Ole Emmrich
Cc: Martha Helena Lopez
; Michael Rosetz Esther
Tan Subject: Message
from the CEB HR Network l
Important Message for All UN
Personnel on the Novel
Coronavirus
Outbreak
Dear HR Network
Colleagues, A cluster of
cases of pneumonia caused by a
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
was recently detected in Wuhan
City, Hubei Province of
China. Additional cases
have since been identified in
China’s cities outside of
Wuhan as well as other
countries outside of
China.
The UN’s
Department of Health
Management and Occupational
Safety and Health (DHMOSH) is
closely monitoring this
evolving situation and have
determined that the risk to UN
operations is low at this
time. This risk rating
is based on current spread vs
locations of UN personnel, and
the vigorous containment
efforts currently being
applied by Chinese
authorities.
Nevertheless, this is an
evolving and dynamic situation
which will be vigorously
monitored. In the
meantime, DHMOSH has prepared
the following message and
resources for all UN
personnel. Please feel
free to broadcast the below to
your staff as needed.
Dr. Esther
Tan Senior Medical
Officer Division
of Healthcare Management
And Occupational Safety and
Health/ Office of
Support Operations
Message for all UN personnel
on the Novel Coronavirus
Outbreak:
The UN’s Department of Health
Management and Occupational
Safety and Health (DHMOSH) is
closely monitoring the
outbreak of novel coronavirus
(2019-nCoV) first detected in
Wuhan City, Hubei Province of
China on 31 December.
Additional cases have since
been identified in China’s
cities outside of Wuhan as
well as other countries
outside of China.
The Division of Healthcare
Management and Occupational
Safety and Health (DHMOSH)
recommends the following key
preventive measures for all UN
personnel against
2019-nCoV. 1. Take steps
to prevent illness with
respiratory pathogens:
·
Avoid close contact with
people suffering from acute
respiratory infections such as
with fever, cough and
difficulty breathing.
·
Perform frequent hand-washing,
especially after direct
contact with ill people or
their environment.
·
Individuals with symptoms of
acute respiratory infection
should practice respiratory
hygiene/cough etiquette
including:
o Maintain
your distance from
others;
o Cover your
mouth and nose with a
disposable tissue when
coughing or sneezing;
o Use the
nearest waste receptacle to
dispose of the tissue after
use; o
Perform hand hygiene (e.g.,
hand washing with
non-antimicrobial soap and
water, alcohol-based hand rub,
or antiseptic handwash) after
having contact with
respiratory secretions and
contaminated
objects/materials;
·
Avoid close contact and
unprotected with live or dead
farm or wild animals;
·
When visiting live markets in
areas currently experiencing
cases of novel coronavirus,
avoid direct unprotected
contact with live animals and
surfaces in contact with
animals;
·
The consumption of raw or
undercooked animal products
should be avoided. Raw meat,
milk or animal organs should
be handled with care, to avoid
cross-contamination with
uncooked foods, as per good
food safety practices;
·
Preliminary information
suggests that older adults and
people with underlying health
conditions may be at increased
risk for severe disease from
this virus. 2. Pay
attention to your health
during your travel to outbreak
locations and after you
leave.
·
Seek medical care immediately
if you begin to develop fever
or respiratory symptoms such
as shortness of breath or
cough. Remember to share
your previous travel history
with your health care
provider.
·
You should make every effort
to inform the medical clinic
by telephone about your
condition prior to presenting
in person there.
3. Keep up to date with
local health advice before and
during your travel For
all travelers, while WHO
advises against the
application of any travel or
trade restrictions on
countries with nCoV, please be
aware that local authorities
may begin to implement travel
restrictions and health
screening measures for
travelers entering or exiting
the country. All UN
personnel should check with
the destination countries’
embassy, consulate or Ministry
of Health and keep up to date
with local health advice
before and during your travel.
You should also comply with
any screening measures put in
place by local
authorities.
Similar messages have been
posted on the DSS TRIP system
for individuals seeking travel
clearance into China."
Previously the UN
refused to answer then
in-house Inner City Press
about its response to New York
City's Legionnaires disease.
The UN did not even take the
precautions taken by apartment
buildings in The Bronx. But in
that case, the UN even with
its standing water in its
traffic circle foundation was
no more risky that any other
NYC building.
Not so with
Coronavirus, given the travel
in and out of the UN,
precisely the risk that led
largely liberal tech titans to
cancel MWC2020. There is also
the question of the tourists
coming on busses and charged
$20 to enter, which
investigative Inner City Press
is banned from an any price.
The UN is silent and
unaccountable. Perhaps this
time they will be held to
account - the question has
begun to be asked, starting here.
Here prior to
that are questions that Inner
City Press, roughed up by the
UN Security Antonio Guterres
and and banned for 593 days
says, has put in writing to
Guterres, his spokespeople
Stephane Dujarric, Farhan Haq
and now Eri Kaneko, and global
communications chief Melissa
Fleming, without any answer at
all despite formal
and on
camera promises to
answer:
January
29-1: On Coronavirus,
are UN interns and contractors
in Wuhan and elsewhere in
China covered by any UN health
insurance?
February
11-2: On China, what are
SG Guterres comments and
action if any on the video of
Chinese authorities welding
people into their homes to die
of coronavirus?
February
11-10: On press freedom
and China what are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres and separately USG
Melissa Fleming on the
disappearance of
journalist Chen Qiushi, a
freelance video journalist,
traveled to the city of Wuhan
in Hubei province from Beijing
on January 24 and began
filming and reporting on the
health crisis in the city? On
February 6, he told his family
that he planned to report on a
temporary hospital, and has
not been seen since..
February
14-4: On coronavirus and
UN Peacekeeping what are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres and USG Lacroix,
including any impact on
deployment of peacekeepers
from China and elsewhere, on
that coronavirus is spreading
among members of the Chinese
military and armed police,
with thousands placed under
quarantine to prevent further
contagion, according to the
Hong Kong-based ICHRD?
Ten soldiers within the
People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
and 15 armed police officers
have tested positive for
COVID-19 in Hubei Province,
according to the ICHRD, which
added that 1,500 soldiers and
1,000 armed police are under
quarantine.
No answers at
all. The UN of Antonio
Guterres is irresponsible, and
now dangerous. It should be
held to account. Watch this
site.
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