INTERNATIONAL: The 95-year old Queen Elizabeth, has tested positive for Covid and is experiencing mild symptoms but expects to continue light duties this week, Buckingham Palace has announced on Sunday ,20 February.

The queen wo;; continue to receive medical attention and will follow all appropriate guidelines,the Palace has said.

Prince Charles, 73, the heir to the throne, earlier this month has pulled out of an event after contracting coronavirus for a second time. A palace source has said he had met the queen just days before.

The health of the queen, the world's oldest and longest-reigning monarch, has been in the spotlight since she spent a night in hospital last October for an unspecified ailment and then was advised by her doctors to rest.

Elizabeth on Wednesday has quipped to members of the royal household that she could not move much as she carried out her first in-person engagement since Charles has tested positive.