Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the office of the prime minister announced on Thursday. "Grégoire Trudeau had begun experiencing a low-grade fever and other mild flu-like symptoms the previous day and was subsequently tested," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. "The test came back positive," it said. "She is feeling well, taking all the recommended precautions and her symptoms remain mild," the statement said, adding that the prime minister himself "is in good health with no symptoms." Grégoire Trudeau will self-isolate for 14 days, along with the prime minister and the couple's three children, as a precautionary measure, according to the statement. "The isolation would not interfere with the prime minister's duties as head of government and that on the advice of doctors, he will not be tested at this stage since he has no symptoms." Grégoire Trudeau, in her own statement, thanked well-wishers, saying that although she is "experiencing uncomfortable symptoms," she would be "back on her feet soon." "Being in quarantine at home is nothing compared to other Canadian families who might be going through this and for those facing more serious health concerns," she said. Canada's PM wife became the latest in a string of high-profile individuals who are infected with the potentially deadly pandemic. Spain's equality minister Irene Montero has tested positive and has been quarantined along with her partner, deputy prime minister and radical left Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias. French Culture Minister Franck Riester is staying in his Paris home after contracting the coronavirus earlier this week. British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department who helped craft the legislation to fight the bug, has tested positive, the first British politician to do so. Several senior officials in Iran have been infected, including Vice President Massoumeh Ebtekar and Iraj Harirchi, deputy health minister. Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, has entered hospital quarantine after being infected. He recently met Ivanka TRump, the daughter and aide of US President Donald Trump. Fabio Wajngarten, a top aide to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the disease following a trip on which both met with the US president. Bolsonaro is awaiting results of his own test. — SG
