Coronavirus updates: Justin Trudeau’s wife tests positive for Covid-19
The wife of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for the new coronavirus. Mr Trudeau’s office said Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is felling well and will remain in isolation.
A statement said: ‘The Prime Minister is in good health with no symptoms. As a precautionary measure and following the advice of doctors, he will be in isolation for a planned period of 14 days.’
About 134,530 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and 4,970 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections outside China have been reported by 125 countries. Trinidad and Tobago as well as Ghana reported their first cases, while Algeria, Azerbaijan, Greece, India, Norway and Poland had their first fatalities.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that all of the country’s schools, kindergartens and universities will be closed until further notice from Monday in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
In a televised address on Thursday, Mr Macron called the outbreak the most serious health crisis for France in a century and said his priority is to protect the most vulnerable.
He urged people over the age of 70 to stay at home.
He said ‘non-essential’ treatment in hospital is also being postponed.
French general director of health Jerome Salomon said there have been more than 2,800 confirmed cases of the virus in France and 61 deaths.
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