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Eugene

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Thu Feb 10, 2022, 02:39 PM Feb 2022

Prince Charles isolating after testing positive for COVID-19

Also: Covid: Charles met Queen two days before testing positive (BBC)

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Source: Associated Press

Prince Charles isolating after testing positive for COVID-19

February 10, 2022

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his office said Thursday.

A message on his official Twitter page said Charles tested positive on Thursday morning and was “deeply disappointed” not to be able to attend a scheduled visit in the city of Winchester in southern England.

Charles, 73, met dozens of people during a large reception at London’s British Museum on Wednesday evening. He was accompanied by his wife Camilla, and was in close contact with Britain’s Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, among others.

Charles’ office, Clarence House, confirmed that he is triple vaccinated. It was not immediately clear what his condition was.

Charles previously contracted the coronavirus in March 2020, ...

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-queen-elizabeth-ii-health-king-felipe-vi-british-museum-9cf9c919c194398968bdbee381c07a28

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Source: BBC

Covid: Charles met Queen two days before testing positive

By Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News

10 February 2022

The Prince of Wales, who is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, met the Queen two days ago in Windsor, a royal source says.

They say the monarch is not showing any symptoms of coronavirus.

Prince Charles tested positive on Thursday morning - it is the second time he has contracted the virus.

On Wednesday, he and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, met Chancellor Rishi Sunak and others at a reception in the British Museum.

Camilla tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday, Clarence House said.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60334842

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