Queen Elizabeth exams optimistic for COVID

Queen Elizabeth, 95, has examined optimistic for COVID and is experiencing gentle signs however expects to proceed gentle duties this week, Buckingham Palace mentioned on Sunday (20 February).

“The queen has at present examined optimistic for COVID,” the Palace mentioned. “Her Majesty is experiencing gentle chilly like signs however expects to proceed gentle duties at Windsor over the approaching week.”

“She’s going to proceed to obtain medical consideration and can observe all applicable pointers,” the Palace mentioned.

Charles, 73, the inheritor to the throne, earlier this month pulled out of an occasion after contracting coronavirus for a second time. A palace supply mentioned he had met the queen simply days earlier than.

The well being of the queen, the world’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, has been within the highlight since she spent an evening in hospital final October for an unspecified ailment after which was suggested by her medical doctors to relaxation.

Elizabeth on Wednesday quipped to members of the royal family that she couldn’t transfer a lot as she carried out her first in-person engagement since Charles examined optimistic.

(Reuters)