Prince Charles and wife Camilla receive first COVID shots - GulfToday

Prince Charles and wife Camilla receive first COVID shots

  • 10 Feb 2021
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Prince Charles and Camilla at an event. File

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Britain's heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have taken the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports on Wednesday.

Charles, 72, joins his mother Queen Elizabeth, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip in being given their first dose of the vaccines which are being rolled out across Britain. 

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Prince Charles tested positive for coronavirus in March last year but has regained good health since then.

So far Britain has vaccinated about 13 million people and is on course to reach those in its top four priority groups, which includes all those over 70, by next week.

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