BREAKING: Justin Trudeau’s wife is being tested for coronavirus after returning from the UK with ‘flu-like symptoms’ – prompting the Canadian Prime Minister to self-isolate and work from home
- Sophie Grégoire Trudeau began experiencing flu-like symptoms Thursday
- She has undergone a test for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating as she awaits the results
- Mrs Trudeau recently returned from a speaking engagement in the UK, which was attended by actor Idris Elba and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
- Her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is currently self-isolating and working from home ‘out of an abundance of caution’
- More than 100 Canadian have tested positive to the killer virus
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The wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been tested for coronavirus.
According to a 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.
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’.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has been tested for coronavirus. She is pictured with her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, last October
Trudeau, 44, recently returned from the United Kingdom. She is pictured in London last Wednesday
Mrs Trudeau was in the United Kingdom at the WE Day UK Charity event and concert, which was held in London last Wednesday.
Idris Elba, Jamie Oliver, race car driver Lewis Hamilton and former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard were also present at the event.
116 people in Canada have tested positive to coronavirus.
Justin and Sophie Trudeau have been married since 2005, and share three children