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palace announced that the queen had tested positive on Sunday
but was expected to carry on with light engagements, an
indication that the world's current oldest and longest-reigning
monarch was not seriously unwell.
She sent a message of condolence to Brazil on Monday to say she
was deeply saddened by recent fatal floods, and was planning to
go ahead with other virtual diplomatic audiences scheduled with
foreign ambassadors, the palace said.
She will now decide nearer to the time whether to press ahead
with further engagements this week, such as her weekly
conversation with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday.
News of the positive test has sharpened concerns about the
health of the world's longest-reigning monarch two weeks after
she marked 70 years on the British throne.
The 95-year-old queen, who has been fully vaccinated against
coronavirus, quipped last week to Palace staff that she could
not move much, and she spent a night in hospital last October
for an unspecified ailment.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; writing by Kate Holton, Editing by
Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper)
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