IMO interpreter tested positive for coronavirus

An interpreter who had worked at the IMO’s London headquarters in early March has tested positive for coronavirus, the UN body has confirmed.

Chinese media ship.sh first reported that an Arabic-language interpreter of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) was diagnosed with the Covid-19.

When asked to verify the information, the IMO told TradeWinds in an email: “A short-term conference interpreter working in the IMO headquarters building on 4 March 2020, but showing no symptoms, was later diagnosed with Covid-19.”