CORONAVIRUS | Canada reported 145 confirmed cases, a three-fold gain from a week ago. There has been one death.
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire, are in self-isolation after she fell ill and was tested for the coronavirus, while schools are being shut down in Ontario to limit the spread of the outbreak.
Justin Trudeau, 48, is exhibiting no symptoms. Working from home, he spoke with US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and joined a special Cabinet meeting on the coronavirus by phone, his spokesman said on Twitter. Ontario, the most populous province, reported 17 new cases overnight, a 40 percent jump. To contain the virus spread, authorities ordered all schools to close from Saturday to April 5.
“This is really important ... the evolving situation both in the United States and globally is a risk for all of us,” British Columbia’s provincial chief medical officer, Bonnie Henry, told reporters. “I know I’m asking a lot,” Quebec Premier Francois Legault told reporters. “But the situation is very critical.”
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