Delegates face strict instructions for meeting. FMTNews Opec Coronavirus
Austrian rescue personnel checks officials body temperature at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
“Avoid close contact,” reads a poster for ministers and delegates as they enter the headquarters of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in the Austrian capital. “Avoid handshakes and hugs,” it adds in its list of directives. As part of its precautions, Opec said the number of delegates attending this week’s meetings would be kept to a minimum and journalists were barred from the Opec building.
“If someone arriving to Opec has a temperature above 37.5°C, an alert will be raised,” a source, who was speaking from inside the Opec headquarters, told Reuters. A spokeswoman said her hotel was following the recommendations from the health authorities, adding: “We do not want to spread panic.”
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