Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his wife are in 14-day isolation after she tests positive.
Mr Trudeau is not showing symptoms and will work from home, reports BBC News.The Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, and Chelsea player Callum Hudson-Odoi also catch virus.
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, is being tested after an aide tests positive.
Asian markets plummet as share sell-off continues.
Nepal shuts Mount Everest to climbers until the end of April.
India reports its first Covid-19 death.
Airline Virgin Australia says a flight attendant has tested positive for the virus. Passengers from a number of flights are being contacted, the airline says.
Travel-related industries continue to be hit hard financially, too.
Australia’s largest travel agency, Flight Centre, announced on Friday it would close 100 stores nationwide in response to “softening” demand for travel. It did not say how many jobs could be lost.
“The timeframe for recovery is unclear,” the company said in a statement.
Tom Hanks on isolation ‘Down Under’
The actor and his wife, fellow performer Rita Wilson, have thanked hospital staff in Australia, a day after revealing they have the virus.
The couple are in Queensland, where Hanks had been working on an Elvis Presley biopic being directed by Baz Luhrmann.
“We are taking it one-day-at-a-time,” he wrote on Instagram, signing off with a reference to his 1992 film A League of Their Own: “Remember, despite all the current events, there is no crying in baseball.”
