Recently, the British royal family is really unstoppable, the front foot queen supports Camilla as the "future queen" to shock the world, and the back foot Charles was tested positive for the new crown.
This is the second time that the 73-year-old prince has been positive for covid-19 since March of the previous year, but the British are most worried about him, but the queen.
Because just two days before Charles tested positive for COVID-19, he had only met the Queen at Windsor Castle!
How can this make people not nervous about the physical condition of the 95-year-old queen, whether she has been infected by Charles, and what is the current situation?
On Thursday night, Buckingham Palace refused to give the exact result of whether the Queen's coronavirus test was negative or positive, briton: it felt even worse...
The royal family is in a crisis of the epidemic, the situation of the whole United Kingdom facing the epidemic is not very good, the number of deaths due to the epidemic is the second highest in Europe, but Prime Minister Boris said that he would cancel the epidemic restrictions in advance and open up in an all-round way, and everyone directly began to "coexist with the virus"... Ah this...
William was also infected with COVID-19
When the epidemic struck, the British royal family began a new round of crisis.
The first is Charles, who was diagnosed twice, who tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020.
At the height of the global pandemic, the UK had just entered its first and most stringent lockdown, and as the death toll associated with the pandemic began to climb sharply, fears of COVID-19 began to begin.
Charles had contracted it with Camilla at Balmoral Manor.
In fact, shortly after he tested positive, Prince William was also infected, but he kept the test results secret, because the public psychology was generally panicked the year before, and he was afraid that if he disclosed the positive results again, it would "alarm the whole country".
This year is different, from the official statement after Charles tested positive twice, it can also be seen that the first infection in the previous year, everyone was shocked and scared, including the symptoms of physical performance, and the virus that could not be judged how he was infected also said.
This statement did not mention any symptoms, but simply said that it will "rearrange activities" as soon as possible, this style of painting that wants to return to work as soon as possible, you can also see that the body is estimated to be no big problem, is a 73-year-old prince who loves work.
Take a look at Charles's itinerary this week. He held a ceremony on behalf of the Queen at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.
It was also the same day that he and the Queen met.
On Wednesday, he and Camilla attended a dinner at the British Museum, just hours after the dinner, Clarence Palace issued a statement saying Charles had tested positive for COVID-19 and was self-isolating.
He will be quarantined for 10 days, and the scheduled activity plans have been cancelled.
But Camilla, who lives with him, continues to perform official duties after testing negative, and some people may wonder, even if Camilla is not infected, she has been in and out with Charles, which is a close contact, right? Shouldn't there also be quarantine?
This brings us to the current relaxation of the epidemic rules in the UK, although Camilla and Charles live together, she has been vaccinated and does not have to be quarantined anymore.
On Thursday, Camilla also referred to Charles's situation while attending the event, saying that "he finds it a bit annoying to be positive for covid-19 again," in a relaxed tone that stated that Charles's physical condition should be good.
Is the 95-year-old queen okay?
Everyone is more worried about the 95-year-old queen.
The old lady is not only old, but everyone knows that her health has not been very good since last year, and she has "reluctantly" rested for a period of time under the advice of the doctor.
This year coincides with the Platinum Jubilee, the 70th anniversary of the Queen's reign, so she returned to work with full enthusiasm and has been active this month, busy with public events in the Platinum Jubilee.
Monday still looked in full swing, and who would have thought that On Tuesday they would meet Charles, who might have been infected at the time.
So how is the Queen doing now?
Some royal sources insisted that she did not show any symptoms, but Buckingham Palace did not give the exact test results, and the British people's hanging hearts could not be put down, and it is understood that after seeing Charles on Tuesday, royal doctors will now regularly give the Queen a physical examination.
Moreover, the queen has been vaccinated three times, but the 90-year-old will face a greater risk of the epidemic, and many netizens still pray for her health.
"Bless our queen and hope she's okay."
"Pray that our dear Queen will not be infected with the new crown and bless her."
"The Queen is a British national treasure! May God bless the Queen! ”
But there are also many people who talk about the current epidemic situation in the UK through Charles's positive COVID-19 and the Queen's health concerns.
The first hot comment under the British media report is to say, "Even if they (the queen mother and son) have not yet contacted TheOmilon, in the near future, all the British staff will be exposed to the Omikron." It's over. ”
What does that mean? That is to say, the UK is about to lift all epidemic restrictions and officially "coexist with the new crown"...
The UK ahead of time co-existed with the virus
On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris said the requirement for people infected with COVID-19 in England to self-isolate could be lifted by the end of the month.
This rule specifically goes something like this: People who test positive now must be quarantined for five days.
In fact, it is not a very strong restriction, after this cancellation, all the restrictions on the new crown in the UNITED Kingdom are over.
The rule was supposed to expire on March 24, and Boris wanted to cancel it early.
This means that a whole is fully liberalized, nothing is needed, masks are not mandatory, there is no need for "health codes" (referring to the UK's covid passport: vaccinations or recent negative COVID-19 test results) in public places such as nightclubs or large events, and even if you detect positive, you don't need to self-isolate...
One can't help but wonder, is the current epidemic situation in the UK so optimistic?
According to government data on Feb. 10, the UK reported 66,638 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, and 206 deaths within 28 days of testing positive.
Compared to the previous week, the number of cases fell by 25% in the past seven days and the number of deaths fell by 20% under the same standard.
It does look like things are improving, but overall, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the UK is still the second highest in Europe.
However, Boris is very insistent on the full relaxation of the new crown restriction policy, in fact, he ended almost all the epidemic restrictions in the UK since last July.
The few measures left so far are not long off, and Boris has said that as part of the shift to "learning to coexist with COVID-19", he hopes to go further and make the UK the first major economy to replace "self-segregation by law" with "guidance".
In fact, to put it bluntly, even if the measures are not mandatory, whether they are infected or not, people want to do the whole thing, just like without this epidemic, "accelerate the existing coexistence plan with the virus."
And not just in the UK, starting this Friday, the UK has also lifted some of the epidemic restrictions on inbound travellers, as long as they are fully vaccinated, there is no need to be tested for covid-19 in the UK.
Even travelers who have not been vaccinated do not need to be isolated, as long as they are tested for COVID-19.
A spokesman for Boris said the remaining travel restrictions would also be resolved on Feb. 21, equivalent to a large number of domestic and foreign liberalizations.
but... Is this really okay?
Some scientists are wary of this, with Simon Clark, a professor of microbiology at the University of Reading, saying the removal of self-isolation would be "an experiment that proves to be brave or stupid." ”
Aris Kazorakis, an evolutionary virologist at the University of Oxford, said, "Abandoning self-isolation can never be called a wise public health policy." ”
In the past two years, nearly 160,000 people have died from the epidemic in the United Kingdom, even the royal family can not guarantee safety, Charles tested positive twice, Prime Minister Boris has been widely criticized for handling the epidemic, if it is really fully opened in advance, it is really difficult to imagine how the situation of "coexistence with the virus" in the United Kingdom will be...