By The Canadian Press

Latest News in Canada on COVID-19

The latest news from across Canada on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 29, 2020 | 10:02 AM

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern);

11:35 a.m.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is remaining in self-isolation at his home in Ottawa for close to two more weeks to ensure he does not have COVID-19.

His wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau tweeted news of her recovery from the respiratory illness Saturday, but Trudeau says public health advice is that he remain in isolation for two weeks following her recovery.

Trudeau, who first went into self-isolation on March 13 after Gregoire Trudeau was diagnosed with the illness, says there is still a chance he has the illness, and he is following the lead of many Canadians now working at home.

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The prime minister says his wife has taken their three children to the prime minister’s secondary residence at Harrington Lake in Quebec.

11:15 a.m.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is investing millions of additional dollars to help children in need as well as seniors cope with the COVID-19 crisis.

Trudeau says the government is investing an extra $7.5 million into the national Kids Help Phone program to pay for more counsellors and volunteers.

The government is also providing an extra $9.5 million to the United Way to help with checking up on seniors as well as delivering food and groceries.

10:55 a.m.

Ontario is reporting 211 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the province’s total number of cases to 1,355.

The province also reported two more deaths, bringing the death toll from the virus to 21.

The number of fully resolved cases remains at eight.

10 a.m.

The grocery company Loblaw says a second employee at a store in Oshawa, Ont., has tested positive for COVID-19.

The company says it has closed its Real Canadian Superstore and brought in a company to sanitize the store.

Katy Saunders says her husband Keith Saunders, a store manager there, died earlier in the week of COVID-19-related complications.

(The Canadian Press)