‘We have to do this’: PM Justin Trudeau warns Canadians not to travel abroad and tells of isolation after wife’s coronavirus diagnosis
- Canada has shut down parliament, advised against all non-essential trips outside the country and is limiting inbound flights
- Trudeau will be isolated for two weeks after Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s Covid-19 diagnosis because ‘we are following medical advice, as should all Canadians’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced sweeping measures to control the spread of Covid-19 in an address to the nation on Friday, as he described the personal impact of his wife being diagnosed with the disease a day earlier.
Trudeau said he was “feeling good” and had no symptoms of the illness himself.
“Sophie’s symptoms remain mild; she will remain in isolation for the time being,” he said of his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.
In new measures against the disease, Canada has shut down parliament, is advising against all non-essential travel outside the country, and is limiting inbound flights.
The Prime Minister’s Office had announced on Thursday that Grégoire Trudeau came down with flu-like symptoms after a trip to London and had tested positive for the disease.