Australian politician who met Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr infected with coronavirus

A senior cabinet member in Australia’s government who said Friday he is infected with the new coronavirus was pictured last week standing next to Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr and other White House officials. 

Peter Dutton, who is Australia’s minister for home affairs, released a statement saying he has been diagnosed with the virus – COVID-19 – and admitted to the hospital, where he is in isolation. 

Dutton was in Washington for meetings connected to the so-called Five Eyes security pact, an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and the U.S. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway also appears in the March 6 photo.

Australia has more than 120 cases of COVID-19. Among them: The actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson. The Hollywood couple confirmed on Wednesday that they are in isolation in the country after testing positive for the disease. “We are taking it one-day-at-a-time,” Hanks said in a tweet. He posted a picture of them on Thursday night.

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton

Earlier, Brazil confirmed that a senior adviser to President Jair Bolsonaro who tested positive for the coronavirus was among a group of officials who met with President Donald Trump on March 7. Fabio Wajngarten is Bolsonaro’s communications secretary.

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He posted a photo of himself standing next to the U.S. president at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday. Trump has said he “isn’t concerned” about getting tested. 

It is not immediately clear where in Washington the photo was taken or if Dutton visited the White House. A growing number of lawmakers are in self-quarantine as a result of having had contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the virus. 

It emerged late Thursday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. Canada’s leader is self-isolating.

More and more countries around the world have announced school and university closures, bans on large gatherings and shuttered sports and cultural events as the pandemic increasingly interrupts daily life. Global stock markets also remain volatile.