The head of the World Health Organization also went to quarantine

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Gibresis, quarantined himself after meeting a man with coronavirus.

The director of the World Health Organization (WHO) is playing a key role in Corona's fight against the global epidemic.

Coronavirus has so far infected 46.5 million people worldwide, with 1.2 million reported to be infected with the deadly disease, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University in the United States.

The WHO chief's tweet comes as authorities in the WHO's capital, Geneva, have announced tougher sanctions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.