Guterres said this includes taking measures for social distancing in the workplace and assessing the criticality of travel and meetings against associated risks.
Telecommuting at UN headquarters was ordered to reduce the staff "footprint" and non-essential travel was curtailed, his spokesman said.
Governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo -- who previously declared a state of emergency -- banned meetings of 500 people or more and said meetings of less than 500 had to be halved in size. Broadway theaters suspended productions for a month.
Shortly afterward, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency.
Dujarric said earlier in the week that the UN headquarters in New York was abiding by recommendations of the host city and state in taking measures to mitigate effects of the virus. He did not expect any immediate reaction to the latest edict.
In a video message released Wednesday evening, Guterres said classification of the crisis as a pandemic "is a call to action and a call for responsibility and solidarity," the spokesman said. "He stressed that, as we fight the virus, we cannot let the fear go viral."
"We can still change the course of this pandemic -- but that means addressing inaction," the secretary-general said in the message. "The best science tells us, if countries detect, test, treat, isolate, trace and mobilize their people in the response, we can go a long way to mitigating transmission,"
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