Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife Sophie Gregoire is now officially in the clear after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 for the last two weeks. However, Trudeau will remain in self-isolation despite the end of the 14-day quarantine period dictated by his wife testing positive for COVID-19.
That period ended on Friday, but Trudeau said he and his family plan on remaining at home while his wife is “feeling great.” In a social media post later in the evening, his wife announced, “I am feeling so much better and have received the all clear from my physician and Ottawa Public Health.”
She was diagnosed on March 12 and since then there has been a spate of positive cases, and she had words of empathy for other suffering from the virus: “And to everyone who is suffering right now, I send you all my love.” She contracted the illness after attending a WE Day event in London on March 4.
Addressing the media from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, the Canadian capital, where the family remains, Trudeau said, “Sophie is feeling great. My family is doing well. My kids and myself — we’re all doing well.”
“We continue to follow the direct advice of health professionals on what next steps are. We’ve asked people to stay at home and work from home as much as possible, not go out if they shouldn’t, don’t have to. And that certainly is something that we’re doing and encouraging everyone to do,” he added.
Trudeau also announced a series of additional measures related to the efforts at combating the spread of the disease in Canada. These include a travel ban by air or rail for any person exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. That measure will come into force on Monday and Transport Canada will bar such persons from travelling within the country for a period of 14 days or till they provide a medical certificate clearing them.
