Montreal MayorValrie Plante tests positive for COVID-19

Montreal MayorValrie Planteannounced Saturday afternoon that she has tested positive forCOVID-19.

On Friday night, Plante said she took a COVID-19 test and was going into preventive isolation after a case was detected "in her entourage."

"Unfortunately, I received a positive result for a COVID-19 test,"she wrote on her Twitter account in French, adding that she will still continue to work remotely, inisolation.

"The Omicron variant is very contagious," she said in her tweet, urging others to be cautiousand respectpublic health rules. "We will cross this wave together."

Plante, who's doubly vaccinated, said in a press release thatshe's feeling very few symptoms related to the virus.

Provincial Transport Minister Chantal Rouleauand Finance Minister Eric Girardalso made announcementsSaturday via Twitter that theywill get tested for COVID-19 and remain in isolation. Both say they were in contact with the mayor earlier this week.

In a tweet on Thursday, Quebec Education Minister Jean-Franois Roberge said that he has been told to isolate until Dec. 25, but has already been in preventive isolation since Monday.