OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he has not been examined for COVID-19 based on the advice of healthcare experts after his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau tested positive for the virus. Trudeau and his family are in self-imposed isolation for two weeks after Grégoire Trudeau was found to be showing symptoms of the COVID-19 virus. For now, the World Health Organization has said that people showing no symptoms of COVID-19 are at “very low risk” of transmitting the virus. Canada had confirmed 157 cases of COVID-19 as of noon Friday, with another four presumptive cases pending. But researchers found that the initial period, or “incubation”, is between six and 10 days, while the period of time between a patient showing symptoms and someone they infect showing symptoms is shorter, around 4.5 days.

Source: National Post March 13, 2020 18:01 UTC