{"id":260997,"date":"2020-07-09T02:36:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T06:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260997"},"modified":"2020-07-09T02:36:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T06:36:39","slug":"virus-infects-top-echelons-of-governments-world-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/09\/virus-infects-top-echelons-of-governments-world-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Virus infects top echelons of governments world over"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_251522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251522\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/88151747_10157207102501317_2908515075046244352_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-251522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/88151747_10157207102501317_2908515075046244352_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/88151747_10157207102501317_2908515075046244352_o.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/88151747_10157207102501317_2908515075046244352_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/88151747_10157207102501317_2908515075046244352_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/borisjohnson\/photos\/a.238842266316\/10157207102486317\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/borisjohnson\/\">Boris Johnson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The novel coronavirus has spread to the top echelons of governments across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil&#8217;s President Jair Bolsonaro has so far been the highest authority diagnosed with Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime ministers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Guinea-Bissau\u2019s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam all contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Vice President for Women&#8217;s and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar, South Sudan\u2019s First Vice President Riek Machar, and Spain\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo also tested positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ministers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the ministers who tested positive for the virus are British Health Minister Matthew Hancock, Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, Afghan Health Minister Firuziddin Firuz, Ghanaian Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Australian Interior Minister Peter Dutton, French Culture Minister Franck Riester, Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova, Polish Environment Minister Michael Wos, and EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s former parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani and Pakistan\u2019s National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser were also diagnosed with the virus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Members of royal families<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prince of Wales Charles and Prince of Monaco Albert I also tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>More than 11.86 million Covid-19 cases have been reported around the world, with fatalities nearly 545,000, and recoveries exceeding 6.48 million, according to figures compiled by the Johns Hopkins University.\u00a0<em><strong>(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA\u00a0\u2013 The novel coronavirus has spread to the top echelons of governments across the world. 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