(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has tested positive for coronavirus, a spokesman for the prime minister said.
The prime minister is in good health with no symptoms, the spokesman said in a statement on Twitter.
Justin Trudeau's wife will be in isolation for the moment, while the prime minister will be in self-isolation for 14 days, according to the statement
"Having recently returned from a speaking engagement in London, U.K., the prime minister's wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau began exhibiting mild flu-like symptoms including a low fever late last night," an earlier statement from the Prime Minister's Office read.
"She immediately sought medical advice, and is being tested for the COVID-19 virus. She is self-isolating at home awaiting test results, and her symptoms have since subsided."
The statement does not mention whether their three children are staying home as well.
Trudeau's announcement comes as the spread of the new coronavirus appears to be gathering steam and as authorities cancelled major events to try to limit contagion.
Canada had more than 100 confirmed cases of COVID19 as of Wednesday, more than double the number from a week ago. With Manitoba and New Brunswick reporting their first presumptive cases in the past 24 hours, six of Canada's 10 provinces have recorded contagion.
Two other ministers with flu-like symptoms have gone into self-isolation in recent days as they awaited test results for the virus. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said that the rest of the cabinet had not been instructed to self-isolate.
