Toronto city councillor Michael Ford has been hospitalized with\u00a0COVID-19, his office confirmed on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
Ford, who represents Ward 1,\u00a0Etobicoke North and is the nephew of Premier Doug Ford,\u00a0confirmed he had tested positive for the virus in a statement on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Nicolas Di Marco, a spokesperson for Ford, said he checked in to\u00a0Humber River Hospital to have additional testing done on Thursday.<\/p>\n Ford was\u00a0experiencing symptoms “consistent with COVID-19,” Di Marco said in a written statement.<\/p>\n “The hospital continues to monitor his status, but overall, he is feeling well,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n Ford said\u00a0he went\u00a0into isolation at home after he received the positive test result for the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n In a statement released Tuesday, he said he would work from home and participate virtually in city business and committee meetings.<\/p>\n According to the premier’s office, Doug Ford has not been contact with his nephew\u00a0in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott underwent testing Wednesday afternoon “out\u00a0of an abundance of caution”\u00a0after being in close contact with Education Minister Stephen Lecce, who himself tested negative for COVID-19.<\/p>\n The pair both tested negative for the virus, the premier’s\u00a0office said Thursday.<\/p>\n CBC<\/p>\n