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
- Her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is also self-isolating and working from home
- 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.
Trudeau is currently self-isolating at the Prime Minister’s residence and awaiting the return of test results.
Out of an abundance of caution, Prime Minister Trudeau is also self-isolating and spending the day working from home ‘out of an abundance of caution’ until his wife receives her test results.
116 people in Canada have tested positive to coronavirus.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has been tested for coronavirus. She is pictured with her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, last October