WHO director shares video of a dance break in a meeting

• WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared a video of a brief dance break at one of their meetings.
• To emphasise the value of short exercise breaks during prolonged periods of sedentary labour.
• The delegates can be seen dancing in the video to the song Permission to Dance by the well-known Korean boyband BTS.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared a video of a brief dance break at one of their meetings. To emphasise the value of short exercise breaks during prolonged periods of sedentary labour.

The delegates can be seen dancing in the video to the song Permission to Dance by the well-known Korean boyband BTS. The dance break happened on Wednesday in Manila, the Philippines’ capital city, during a meeting of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Western Pacific.

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While sharing his now-viral video, Tedros wrote, “Physical exercise during long meetings is important. Thank you to @WHOWPRO colleagues for motivating us to stretch out bodies at #RCM73. As @BTS_twt says – we don’t need #PermissionToDance or move. No matter what – be active, every step counts to keep yourself healthy!”.

Physical exercise during long meetings is important. Thank you to @WHOWPRO colleagues for motivating us to stretch out bodies at #RCM73. As @BTS_twt says – we don’t need #PermissionToDance or move. No matter what – be active, every step counts to keep yourself healthy! pic.twitter.com/9YO2PS6glR

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— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 26, 2022

“No kidding though, if office ppl did this on a daily basis there would be a tonne less strokes out there,” a Twitter user commented in response to the video. Someone else said, “This is simply great! I never imagined the day would come when WHO employees would jam out to a #BTS song between meetings, tweeted by the WHO General Director himself! #PermissiontoDance  @BTS twt”.

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