Nigeria, April 9 -- The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday, said he has received death threats and racist insults while running the global efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

According to CNBC, he said "I can tell you personal attacks that have been going on for more than two, three months."

He told reporters on a conference call from the organisation's Geneva headquarters about abuses, racist comments and name-calling.

"I'm proud of being black, proud of being Negro," he told reporters "I don't care, to be honest . even death threats. I don't give a damn," he said

Mr Tedros was responding to a question about whether criticism from world leaders such as President Donald Trump in ...