Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in self-isolation over COVID-19 concerns.
The Prime Minister's Office has announced that Trudeau's wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, returned from a speaking engagement in the U.K. and began exhibiting flu-like symptoms, including a low fever late Wednesday night.
She is now awaiting test results for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus while in self-isolation at home.
While Trudeau himself is not exhibiting any symptoms, he has decided to work from home until testing results are returned.
The prime minister was scheduled to meet with Canada's premiers in Ottawa, but his office says they will instead talk to each over the phone and postpone an in-person meeting.
In a statement, the PMO says the government continues to urge Canadians to take all necessary precautions and follow medical advice in order to stay safe during the COVID-19 outbreak, adding that "this is what the prime minister and his family are doing."
— With files from the Canadian Press