2020.03.11 15:10

The fastest spreading coronavirus outbreak in the world can be detected in anyone, regardless of their identity. There have even been reports of coronavirus infections among ministers and deputy ministers.

Axar.az presents the list of high-ranking officials who have been exposed to coronavirus in different countries:

1. Coronavirus test results of French Minister of Culture Frank Riester have been positive.

2. Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke Jensen has been quarantined for suspected coronavirus. After that, the Minister postponed all of his visits.

3. Nadine Dorries the British Health Secretariat's Vice President for Patient Security, has been infected with the coronavirus. She is now in good health and receives treatment for defeating the virus.

4. Iran's Minister of Industry, Mining and Commerce Reza Rahmani has been diagnosed with coronavirus on March 4 but has already defeated the disease.

5. Iraj Harirchi, Deputy Health Minister of Iran infected with the coronavirus.

6. General Salvatore Farina, Chief of the General Staff of the Italian Armed Forces, is infected with a new type of coronavirus. He is currently in the hospital in an isolation ward.

7. Italian Democratic Party leader Nicola Zingaretti is also among the people who are infected with the coronavirus. The politician is currently kept at his home under quarantine.

8. Mark Meadows, the new head of the White House, has been quarantined because he was in contact with a coronavirus carrier.

9. Georgian Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture Iuri Nozadze has been confirmed to have coronavirus.

10. Esmail Najjar, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Iran, Chairman of the Crisis Management Organization, also suffered from coronavirus. He was discharged from the hospital and was quarantined at home because of his health.

11. Karl Habsburg, the grandson of the late Austrian Emperor I Karl and the head of the Habsburg House, has been quarantined at his home since March 5 because of the Lorraine virus.

12. Australian Interior Minister Peter Dutton said his analysis of coronavirus was positive. The minister is currently undergoing treatment.

13. Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta and Chelsea football player Callum Hudson-Odoi have been diagnosed with coronavirus.

14. Iran's First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar, Former Minister of Justice Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Advisor to the Supreme Leader of International Affairs, Former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Vilayeti, has been infected with the coronavirus.

15. On March 11, Juventus defender Daniele Rugani was diagnosed with coronavirus.

16. On March 10, Evangelos Marinakis, a Greek businessman and owner of Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos, was also diagnosed with coronavirus.

17. On March 10, the right-wing party secretary-general, Javier Ortega Smith, announced that he had contracted coronavirus. Coronavirus was discovered on March 11 on Ana Maria Pastor, Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

18. On March 12, three more politicians - Spanish Minister of Equal Rights Irene Montero, Caroline Darias, Minister of Territorial Policy and Santiago Abascal, leader of the Vox Party, also discovered coronavirus.

19. Sofia Gregory Trudeau, the wife of Prime Minister of Canada Castin Trudeau, also has a coronavirus. The official statement said the COVID-19 test was positive. She was reported to be in good condition and kept in quarantine for 14 days.

20. On March 10, the Polish Ministry of National Defense announced that General Jaroslav Mickey was infected with coronavirus on his return from Germany.

21. The famous Hollywood star, actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, who is currently in Australia, also suffered from coronavirus.

22. Utah Jazz player Rudi Gobert announced the suspension of the season due to a coronavirus found in the American National Basketball Association.