Queen Elizabeth may go public after receiving the Covid vaccine
Queen Elizabeth may go public after receiving the Covid vaccine
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The Times newspaper reported that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip may “let it be known” once they have received a vaccine against COVID-19, citing unnamed royal aides.

The 94-year-old monarch and her 99-year-old wife are likely to be among the first to be offered a jab, with the government giving priority to elderly people as the Pfizer vaccine that was approved on December 2 begins to be rolled out.

In British society, the queen is highly admired, and her public support for the vaccine would be a powerful message to counter the circulation of anti-vaccination misinformation online.

In the United Kingdom, the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 60,000 people and infected more than 1.7 million.

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The royal family has not been untouched, with both Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and Prince William, his eldest son, testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the year.

The first doses are intended to be given to elderly care home residents and their carers under the government’s priority list for the vaccine roll-out, followed by people over 80 and health service staff.

In 1957, the Queen announced that Charles and his sister, Princess Anne, then 8 and 6, had been inoculated against polio, The Times said, helping to ease concerns about possible side effects of what was then a new vaccine.

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