Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife Sophie has tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement was made late Thursday after both the prime minister and Mrs Trudeau went into self-isolation earlier in the day. The decision forced the cancellation of an in-person meeting of Canada’s first ministers. The Prime Minister’s Office says Sophie Gregoire Trudeau returned from a speaking engagement in the UK and began exhibiting mild flu-like symptoms, including a low fever late Wednesday night.
Ontario announces 17 new cases for a total of 59
Ontario reported 17 new cases of novel coronavirus infection bringing the total number of cases including recoveries to 59. Two of the new cases are in Waterloo Region, one is in Barrie and nine in Toronto. One is in Ottawa, one in Hamilton, two in Peel Region and one in Halton Region. They range in age from an infant boy at North York General Hospital boy. He is related to a previously announced case. A Mississauga man in his 70s who recently returned from the US was also diagnosed. Eight of the new cases reported recent travel to the United States or its territory of Puerto Rico, One case recently returned from Italy, another returned from Spain and another returned from a myriad of travel across Europe.
