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Quebec deputy premier to go into isolation after COVID-19 exposure

This comes as the more contagious COVID-19 variants continued to gain steam in the province, with Quebec breaking the 1,000-mark on Saturday and reporting 917 new cases on Sunday.

By Alessia Simona Maratta Global News

Posted March 28, 2021 5:46 pm

Updated March 28, 2021 5:49 pm

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Quebec's Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Security Geneviève Guilbault is pictured on October 20, 2020. The Canadian Press

Quebec’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Security Geneviève Guilbault announced she was going into isolation on Sunday after the father of her children was exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

“We learned today that the father of my kids was in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19,” Guilbault tweeted. “Following public health directives, I am placing myself in preventative isolation until he passes two negative tests.”

Nous avons appris aujourd'hui que le père de mes enfants a été en contact avec une personne déclarée positive à la #COVID19. Suivant les directives de la Santé publique, je me place en isolement préventif jusqu'à ce qu'il ait passé 2 tests négatifs. #onseprotège
— Geneviève Guilbault (@GGuilbaultCAQ) March 28, 2021

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This comes as the more contagious COVID-19 variants continue to gain steam in the province, with Quebec breaking the 1,000-mark on Saturday and reporting 917 new cases on Sunday.