Advertisement
Singapore markets closed

  • Straits Times Index

    3,280.10
    -7.65 (-0.23%)
     

  • Nikkei

    37,934.76
    +306.28 (+0.81%)
     

  • Hang Seng

    17,651.15
    +366.61 (+2.12%)
     

  • FTSE 100

    8,108.39
    +29.53 (+0.37%)
     

  • Bitcoin USD

    64,183.11
    +545.58 (+0.86%)
     

  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,388.20
    -8.34 (-0.60%)
     

  • S&P 500

    5,048.42
    -23.21 (-0.46%)
     

  • Dow

    38,085.80
    -375.12 (-0.98%)
     

  • Nasdaq

    15,611.76
    -100.99 (-0.64%)
     

  • Gold

    2,359.30
    +16.80 (+0.72%)
     

  • Crude Oil

    84.08
    +0.51 (+0.61%)
     

  • 10-Yr Bond

    4.7060
    +0.0540 (+1.16%)
     

  • FTSE Bursa Malaysia

    1,575.16
    +5.91 (+0.38%)
     

  • Jakarta Composite Index

    7,036.08
    -119.22 (-1.67%)
     

  • PSE Index

    6,628.75
    +53.87 (+0.82%)
     

Canada's Conservative opposition leader tests positive for COVID-19

Reuters
·1-min read
Erin O'Toole, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, holds his first press conference as the leader of the official opposition on Parliament Hill in Ottawa

(Reuters) - New leader of Canada's main opposition Conservative Party, Erin O'Toole, tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, the party said in a statement.

"This evening Erin O'Toole received a positive test for COVID-19," the statement said adding that O'Toole remains in isolation and is feeling well.

"He is very relieved that his wife and children have tested negative."

It was announced earlier in the day that Yves-Francois Blanchet, leader of Canada's separatist Bloc Quebecois opposition party, had contracted COVID-19 and is in isolation.

O'Toole, a former cabinet minister and armed forces veteran, was elected as the party's new leader last month.

ADVERTISEMENT

The pandemic has killed more than 9,000 Canadians and authorities are on high alert to prevent a second wave.[nL1N2GE0ZX] [nL1N2GF142]

(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Michael Perry)