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Coronavirus: Prince Charles tests positive but 'remains in good health' | |
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The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has announced. | |
Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good health", a spokesman said, adding that the Duchess of Cornwall, 72, has been tested but does not have the virus. | |
Both Charles and Camilla are now self-isolating at Balmoral. | |
Buckingham Palace said the Queen last saw her son on 12 March, but also "remains in good health". | |
The Queen, the palace added, "is following all the appropriate advice with regard to her welfare". | |
A Clarence House statement read: "In accordance with government and medical advice, the prince and the duchess are now self-isolating at home in Scotland. | |
"The tests were carried out by the NHS in Aberdeenshire, where they met the criteria required for testing. | |
"It is not possible to ascertain from whom the prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks." | |
The prince's last public engagement was on 12 March but has been working from home over the last few days. | |
The Press Association news agency reported he has had a number of private meetings with Highgrove and Duchy individuals, all of whom have been made aware. | |
According to the latest Department of Health and Social Care figures, there are now more than 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK - although the actual number cases is likely to be far higher. Some 422 of those patients have died. |