Coronavirus latest: Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for Covid-19
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Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth, is 71 years old.
“The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus,” Clarence House said in a statement. “He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual.”
“The Duchess of Cornwall has also been tested but does not have the virus,” Clarence House said. The Prince and his wife, Camilla, are self-isolating at home in Scotland.
“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.”
Earlier, India’s billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as Spain reported its deadliest day yet with 738 fatalities, taking the total death toll to 3,434. Donald Trump’s administration reached a deal on a US$2 trillion package to combat the economic fallout from the virus.