The director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, tweeted Sunday he will go into self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, ABC News reports.

Tedros, said he is well and not showing symptoms but will be working from home as a precaution.

“I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19. I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with @WHO protocols, and work from home.

"It is critically important that we all comply with health guidance. This is how we will break chains of #COVID19 transmission, suppress the virus, and protect health systems," he tweeted

Tedros has been the face of WHO's response to the pandemic since the beginning of the year and has been working with government leaders and scientists to control the virus and work on creating a vaccine. He has drawn criticism from US President Donald Trump, who accused the WHO of not being tough enough on China following its late response to the virus.

The tweet did not identify who among his contacts had been infected.

The U.N. health agency is based in Geneva, where cases are increasing and where tighter restrictions were announced Sunday aimed to curb the spread of the virus. More than 1,000 new cases have been recorded each day recently in an area of about 500,000 people.-ABC News/AP

Without a face mask, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, is seen in June at a press conference, at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. He has been condemned for his lethargic response to the coronavirus.

WHO head Tedros in coronavirus quarantine, won't reveal infected contact