Dead, Ill, Recovered: Celebrities Hit By Coronavirus
Sumaira FH Published July 08, 2020 | 12:43 PM
From world leaders and royals to sports stars and artists, and now Brazil's far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro... the coronavirus has hit millions around the world, including the rich and famous
Paris, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Jul, 2020 ):From world leaders and royals to sports stars and artists, and now Brazil's far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro... the coronavirus has hit millions around the world, including the rich and famous.
Here is a roundup of high-profile figures affected by coronavirus.
- Infected - Marianne Faithfull, 73, a 1960s icon and celebrated singer songwriter, was discharged from hospital on April 22, 22 days after being admitted with symptoms of coronavirus.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 55, was discharged from hospital on April 12, where he spent a week, including three days in intensive care. After two weeks' convalescence he is now back at work.
In Russia, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, as well as Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin also tested positive.
Superstar Madonna said on May 7 she had tested positive after falling ill during a tour of France.
The Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau Nuno Gomes Nabiam said late April he was infected.
Michel Barnier, who leads the EU's negotiations with Britain on Brexit, announced March 19 that he had the virus and returned to work in Brussels on April 14. His British counterpart David Frost was also infected.
Britain's Prince Charles and Prince Albert II of Monaco, who both tested positive and showed mild symptoms, have now come out of quarantine.
Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress and singer Rita Wilson, have recovered and returned home to Los Angeles after being quarantined for two weeks in Australia.
Nobel laureate and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, 82, is now recovered and out of quarantine since mid-April.
British actor Idris Elba, who tested positive but was asymptomatic, announced the end of his isolation March 31.
Spanish opera star Placido Domingo, 79 was released from hospital on March 30.
In Italy, Juventus announced that France's 2018 World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi. Italian defender Daniele Rugani and Argentinian attacker Paulo Dybala, had also come down with the virus.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian announced on June 1 he is infected.
Sao Paolo mayor Bruno Covas has also tested positive.
On July 7, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for the virus, whose importance he has consistently played down.
- Deceased - American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz died on April 17 aged 92.
Best-selling exiled Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda, 70, died on April 16 at a hospital in Spain some six weeks after testing positive.
Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died on April 1 aged 85 after contracting the virus.
Senegal's Pape Diouf, 68, ex-president of French football club Olympique de Marseille, died March 31 in Dakar.
Former Republic of Congo president Jacques Joaquim Yhombi Opango died in France on March 30, aged 81.
Veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango, 86, and revered American playwright Terrence McNally, 81, both died on March 2 British rapper Ty, who was nominated for the prestigious Mercury music prize, died aged 47 on May 7.
Indigenous leader Paulinho Paiakan, one of the biggest defenders of the Amazonian rain forest, died aged 65, announced on June 17.
Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi football legend, in Baghdad on June 21 aged 56.
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