UNITED NATIONS: All in-person meetings at the UN were canceled on Tuesday for the rest of the week after a member state reported five staffers had tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

The UN medical service recommended the cancellation pending contact tracing of the sick people, the president of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir of Turkey, said in a letter Monday evening to the 193 UN member states.

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