Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie in self-isolation as she’s tested for coronavirus
Liberal leader and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau speaks during the election campaign. Photo: Reuters. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
OTTAWA, Mar 12, 2020, National Post. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in self-isolation and working from home, after his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau came down with flu-like symptoms after travelling to London, England, National Post reported.
Trudeau’s self-isolation has led to the cancellation of the first ministers’ meeting between the prime minister and provincial premiers. Grégoire Trudeau began experiencing flu-like symptoms, including a low fever, after returning home from London and is also self isolating at home.
According to a statement her condition has improved, but out of an abundance of caution she is being tested for COVID-19. The full statement, from the PM’s communications lead Cameron Ahmad, can be seen in the post below:
Grégoire Trudeau was in London to speak at a WE Day youth empowerment event in the city last week. The prime minister is not exhibiting symptoms, but is also working from home until his wife’s test results come back. Trudeau will talk with the first ministers over the phone to discuss the virus and the government’s response.
“I was looking forward to sitting down with premiers and Indigenous leaders later today,” Trudeau said in a tweet. “Given the circumstances, we’ll be postponing our meeting.”
The prime minister joins cabinet ministers Seamus O’Regan and Mary Ng, who have also chosen to go into self-isolation because of possible exposure to the virus.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also announced he would be going into self-isolation, in a post on Twitter on Thursday. He said he was feeling unwell, and while his symptoms were not consistent with COVID-19, he was choosing to self-isolate.
Meanwhile some candidates in the federal Conservative leadership race have started suspending public events for the foreseeable future due to the pandemic, including frontrunners Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole.
MacKay, O’Toole, Leslyn Lewis and Rick Peterson have all said they will suspend in-person campaign events due to concerns over the virus’s spread.
Ontario has announced 17 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the province to 59. The new cases include a baby boy.
with files from the Canadian Press and Brian Platt, National Post
COVID-19 — Canada by the numbers
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 12, 2020:
— Ontario: 59 confirmed (five cases resolved)
— British Columbia: 46 confirmed, including one death (four cases resolved)
— Alberta: 19 confirmed
— Quebec: 13 confirmed
— New Brunswick: one presumptive
— Manitoba: one presumptive
— Saskatchewan: one presumptive
— Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: one confirmed
— Total: 141 (138 confirmed, three presumptive; nine cases resolved)
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