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COVID-19: Where Age, Color and Caste Are No Bar

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Coronavirus has no boundaries&period; And no preference&period; It is infecting everyone&comma; irrespective of age&comma; caste&comma; color&comma; profession&comma; or status&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">From the world of sports to entertainment industry to the political clan&comma; coronavirus has gripped one and all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Let’s take a quick peek on the public-figures diagnosed with COVID-19&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Sport Arena<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Coronavirus outbreak has thrown the sporting world in a quandary as the pandemic continues to take players&sol;coaches in its tight grip&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In NBA&comma; three players have tested positive for the virus&comma; evoking a minimum 30-day hiatus on the NBA season&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Utah Jazz center <strong>Rudy Gobert<&sol;strong> was the first NBA player to get COVID-19 followed by <strong>Christian Wood<&sol;strong>&comma; the NBA forward player of Detroit Pistons’&period; Utah Jazz Star <strong>Donovan Mitchell<&sol;strong> is the third NBA star to test positive for the deadly virus&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The teams who have played in Utah are also in self-isolation&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Arsenal coach <strong>Mikel Arteta<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;and Chelsea winger <strong>Callum Hudson-Odoi<&sol;strong>&comma; have both tested positive&comma; prompting the England’s football Premier League to cancel all its matches&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>E<&sol;strong><strong>vangelos Marinakis<&sol;strong>&comma; the&nbsp&semi;Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest owner has also contracted the virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Italian football team Juventus player&comma; defender <strong>Daniele Rugani<&sol;strong>&comma; has also tested positive&period; Sampdoria striker <strong>Manolo Gabbiadini<&sol;strong> is the second player from Juventus&comma; also testing positive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Colombian cyclist <strong>Fernando Gaviria<&sol;strong> and Russian Gazprom cyclist <strong>Dmitry Strakhov<&sol;strong>&comma; have been identified with the virus too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Entertainment Industry<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Celebrities including actors&comma; singers and writers from all over the world have tested positive for the virus and have been vocal about their diagnosis&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Tom Hanks<&sol;strong> and his actress-singer wife <strong>Rita Wilson<&sol;strong>&comma; were the first celebrity couple to go public about their infection&comma; in Australia&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The famous actor <strong>Idris Alba<&sol;strong> also tweeted that he had coronavirus and is in isolation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kristofer Hivju<&sol;strong>&comma; the actor from the movie &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Game of Thrones”&comma; declared that he had tested positive for the virus&comma; in Norway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Quantum of Solace” actress&comma; <strong>Olga Kurylenko<&sol;strong> told the world on her Instagram Post that she had tested positive for Covid-19 and is recuperating at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Rachel Matthews<&sol;strong>&comma; the American actress&comma; shared on her Instagram Story about testing positive for the novel coronavirus&period; She is living in quarantine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Chilean writer <strong>Luis Sepulveda<&sol;strong> has also been infected with new Coronavirus&comma; in Spain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Political Domain<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The whirlwind lives of politicians entail travel all across the globe&comma; making them susceptible to infection&period; Many politicians have come out in open about their diagnosis and are working from home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Politicians like <strong>Sophie Gregoire Trudeau<&sol;strong>&comma; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife&comma; Miami Mayor <strong>Francis Suarez<&sol;strong>&comma; and <strong>Fabio Wajngarten<&sol;strong>&comma; a public official in Brazil&comma; have contracted COVID-19 and are dealing with the virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Spain&&num;8217&semi;s equality minister <strong>Irene Montero<&sol;strong> and French Culture Minister <strong>Franck Riester<&sol;strong> have tested positive and are in quarantine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">British MP <strong>Nadine Dorries<&sol;strong>&comma; a minister in the health department has tested positive&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Vice President of Iran <strong>Massoumeh Ebtekar&comma;<&sol;strong> and the deputy health minister of Iran <strong>Iraj Harirchi&comma; <&sol;strong>have also been infected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Australian Home Affairs Minister <strong>Peter Dutton<&sol;strong>&comma; is in quarantine after being infected&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The need of the hour is to help reduce the risk of infection by following medical protocols&period; It’s the time for social distancing&period; As they say&comma; <em>prevention is better than cure<&sol;em>&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">If infected&comma; do not panic&period; Be in isolation for as long as required&period; Follow the advice of experts&comma; stay positive and take care of yourself&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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