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Dr Ashley Bloomfield takes part in WHO's face mask selfie challenge

August 19, 2020

New Zealand’s top physician was tagged in a recent tweet from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Source: Other)

Dr Ashley Bloomfield has accepted a face mask selfie challenge from the World Health Organisation’s top dog on Twitter.

The WHO Wear A Mask challenge aims to send a message of solidarity to those who are most vulnerable to Covid-19.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the organisation, tagged Dr Bloomfield in a tweet, encouraging him to share an image of himself on social media wearing a face mask.

Over the weekend, Dr Bloomfield accepted.

The Director-General of Health responded to Dr Ghebreyesus’ tweet with a selfie of his own.

“Challenge accepted in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Dr Tedros,” his response read.

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