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TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that he had tested positive for coronavirus for the second time, days after meeting with President Biden and several world leaders at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.
“I will follow public health guidelines and isolate myself,” Trudeau said in a tweet. “I’m fine, but that’s because I got my shots. So if you haven’t, get vaccinated and, if you can, get stronger.”
The Prime Minister arrived in Los Angeles on June 7 after a visit to Colorado Springs with his Secretary of Defense to attend a briefing by members of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. He returned to Canada on Saturday.
I tested positive for COVID-19. I will follow public health guidelines and isolate. I feel good, but that’s because I got shot. Therefore, if you have not done so, get vaccinated and, if you can, strengthen yourself. We protect our health care system, each other and ourselves.
– Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 13, 2022
Trudeau held a bilateral meeting with Biden on Thursday, in which they talked about irregular migration, insecurity in Haiti and the war in Ukraine, according to a Canadian reading. The reading said Biden pledged to visit Canada in the coming months.
White House spokesman Kevin Munoz said Biden is not a close contact with Trudeau, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Trudeau met with several U.S. officials during the trip, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) And California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), as well as leaders from Argentina, Jamaica. , Barbados and the Dominican Republic. Chilean President Gabriel Boric met with Trudeau in Ottawa on June 6.
Trudeau also met with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, and General Motors President Shilpan Amin.
Trudeau also tested positive in January. He said he was fully vaccinated and received a third dose of a vaccine that month. Asked about his hoarse voice at a news conference in Los Angeles on Friday, he said he had been working hard for the past few days.