VIRUS CATCHES UP WITH BIG NAMES
A look at prominent people around the world who tested positive or are under watch for Covid-19
EYE ON THE TRUDEAUS
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has been placed in isolation for two weeks after his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau tested positive. Later, PM Trudeau urged Canadians to cut back on all but essential foreign travel. The parliament agreed to shut down for a month while Canada is expected to announce a "significant fiscal stimulus". At least 157 people have tested positive in Canada
MASSACRE IN IRAN
Iraj Harirchi, head of the counter-coronavirus task force, was diagnosed on Feb 25. At least 20 lawmakers and some members of the IRGC have since been infected. More recently, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to the supreme leader, also tested positive, alongside vice-president Eshaq Jahangiri
EUROPE HIT HARD
Senior politicians in UK, Spain, France and Italy are among those infected. French culture minister Franck Riester tested positive on March 9. Nadine Dorries, UK health minister, also tested positive for the virus recently. Before falling ill, she had an interaction with PM Boris Johnson and other politicians
BOLSONARO CLEARED
First, Fox News hinted that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive. Later, Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo debunked it. Shortly afterwards, Bolsonaro's official Facebook profile announced that he's tested negative. The developments come days after Bolsonaro met with US President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Bolsonaro was tested after his communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, who was also at the Florida resort, was infected
SPOTLIGHT ON IVANKA
An Australian politician tested positive and entered quarantine, days after returning from Washington where he met Ivanka Trump and US attorney general William Barr. Home affairs minister Peter Dutton was in US last week for a meeting with members of the FiveEyes intel alliance Australia, US, Britain, Canada and
New Zealand. He also met with US President Donald
Trump's daughter Ivanka on March 6 n