CANADA – The wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been tested for coronavirus.
According to an official statement released Thursday morning, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, 44, recently returned from the United Kingdom and began displaying mild flu-like symptoms, including a low fever, on Wednesday night.
Personal message from Sophie. pic.twitter.com/rXVilM6dxH
— Cameron Ahmad (@CameronAhmad) March 13, 2020
Mrs Trudeau is currently self-isolating at the Prime Minister’s residence in Ottawa and is awaiting the return of her test results. Her symptoms have reportedly subsided.
Prime Minister Trudeau is not displaying any symptoms of the virus himself, but is also self-isolating and spending the day working from home ‘out of an abundance of caution’.
An in-person First Ministers Meeting, which was scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed.
Prime Minister Trudeau will instead spend the day taking phone calls and conducting ‘virtual meetings’.
The Prime Minister’s Office released this statement on Thursday morning, detailing Mrs Trudeau’s situation
Mrs Trudeau was in the United Kingdom to attend the WE Day UK Charity event and concert, which was held in London last Tuesday, March 3.
Idris Elba, Jamie Oliver, race car driver Lewis Hamilton and former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard were also present at the event.
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