By: Thomas I. Likness
Eagle News Service

(Eagle News) — Canada’s prime minister will spend the next five days in isolation after being exposed to COVID-19.

“My rapid test was negative,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday on Twitter. “I am following @OttawaHealth rules and isolating for five days.”

 “I feel fine and will be working from home,” he said.

Trudeau also pleaded with people to get vaccinated.

According to a CTV news report Trudeau was exposed when he and three cabinet ministers took part in a news conference Wednesday evening following the end of a virtual cabinet retreat.

As a result, he will not be present when the House of Commons resumes sitting Monday.

Trudeau is fully vaccinated and has received a booster shot.

This is the second time he has had to isolate since the pandemic began.

After his wife Sophie tested positive for the virus in March 2020, he went into isolation for 14 days.
(Eagle News Service)