Canada PM Trudeau tests positive for Covid after Americas summit

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OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday (June 13) that he had tested positive for Covid-19 - his second bout with the illness this year - but that he was feeling OK and isolating, per health guidelines. Trudeau was at the Summit of the Americas in California last week, where he met with US President Joe Biden...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a bilteral meeting with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, US, on June 10, 2022.OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 - his second bout with the illness this year - but that he was feeling OK and isolating, per health guidelines.

"I've tested positive for Covid-19. I'll be following public health guidelines and isolating. I feel okay, but that's because I got my shots," Trudeau said in a tweet, urging others to get vaccinated or boosted, if eligible.Trudeau met with US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday and later attended a luncheon hosted by Biden, according to his itinerary. Biden was not a close contact, a White Official said on Monday.

Trudeau's positive test comes just days after his government said it would suspend random Covid testing at Canada's airports for the rest of June to help ease long travel wait times.

 

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