Josh Matlow to self-isolate after contact with COVID-19 patient

Councillor Josh Matlow has announced that he will be going into self-isolation following contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.

In a statement on Monday, the councillor for Ward 12 said he came into contact with the person on March 5, after they returned from a conference in Washington, D.C.

Matlow says he has no symptoms and is going into self-isolation until March 20 out of an “abundance of caution” on the advice of Dr. Eileen de Villa, the City’s Medical Officer of Health.


“It is very important to note that I have been informed by Dr. de Villa that because I am asymptomatic, no one, including my family, is at an elevated risk of having contracted the virus due to contact with me,” Matlow explained in the statement.

Councillor Matlow attended the Liberal convention over the weekend, but henceforth, all public events he was to attend will now be cancelled. This includes a community meeting to support independent children’s bookstore Mabel’s Fables on Tuesday. That meeting will be rescheduled.