Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh receive Covid-19 vaccine

Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh receive Covid-19 vaccine

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The vaccinations were given by a family doctor at Windsor Castle, a royal source said.

To prevent inaccuracies and further speculation, her majesty, who was 94 years old, decided she would let them know she had the vaccination, the source added. Her husband is 99 years old.

The couple’s son, Prince Charles, tested positive for coronavirus and was in isolation in March. The 72-year-old later said he was happy to have experienced only mild symptoms, adding that he ‘got away with it fairly well’.
Meanwhile, their grandson, Prince William, the second-in-command of the British throne, also tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year, British media reported, although exactly when he contracted the virus is unclear.

The UK has recorded more than 3 million cases of Covid-19 and more than 80,000 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.

The United Kingdom reported 1325 coronavirus deaths on Friday – the highest increase in deaths ever.

Health officials face a deadly start to 2021 as a new variant of the coronavirus, first detected in the UK, spreads across the country.

In the capital, the London mayor declared a ‘major incident’ on Friday and warned that hospitals in the city were almost flooded.

“The situation in London is now critical with the spread of the virus out of control,” Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement.

‘The number of cases in London has increased rapidly, with more than a third more patients now being treated in our hospitals, compared to the peak of the pandemic in April.

“We declare a major incident because the threat this virus poses to our city is a crisis point,” Khan added. ‘If we do not act immediately, we are [National Health Service] can be overwhelmed and more people will die. ‘

CNN’s Zamira Rahim and Amy Woodyatt reported.

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