Queen Elizabeth has COVID
BREAKING: Britain's Queen Elizabeth tests positive for COVID https://t.co/zAsGt3uadD
- ABC News (@ABC) February 20, 2022
Britain's Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace announced on Sunday.
The Queen, 95, has been experiencing "mild cold-like symptoms," the palace said. She's expected to carry out "light duties" in the coming week.
News of the monarch's diagnosis comes just days after it was confirmed that her son, Prince Charles, tested positive for COVID-19. Clarence House announced Prince Charles’s diagnosis on Feb. 10.
Queen Elizabeth held several virtual and in-person events in the last week. She also held an event in Sandringham on Feb. 5 to mark her 70 years on the throne. The Feb. 5 event was the queen's first public, in-person event since October, when she was hospitalized for one night for what the palace described as "preliminary investigations."
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