WTO cancels meetings until March 20 over COVID-19

GENEVA 

The World Trade Organization (WTO) said Tuesday that it is canceling all meetings until March 20 after one of its employees was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. 

According to information obtained by an Anadolu Agency correspondent, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo sent a statement to its office of representatives in Geneva informing them of the news and noting the employee is being quarantined at home.

The statement said the situation was closely being monitored and all WTO employees were aware of this.

Meanwhile, all meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and