Thailand’s king, queen test positive for COVID-19

BANGKOK — (AP) — Thailand’s king and queen have examined constructive for COVID-19, and thus far have solely delicate signs, the royal palace mentioned Saturday.

Docs prescribed remedy for King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 70, and Queen Suthida, 44, and requested them to chorus from duties for some time, the Royal Family Bureau mentioned in an announcement.

Their signs are “very delicate,” the assertion mentioned.

Earlier Friday and Thursday, the couple visited Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol at Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok, the place she was admitted after she fell unconscious on account of a coronary heart drawback on Wednesday.

The variety of infections unfold by the dominant omicron subvariants has elevated in Bangkok and Thailand’s vacationer locations after the nation relaxed restrictions that had been in place since 2020, in keeping with the Division of Illness Management.

Its information present that 82% of the inhabitants, or no less than 57 million, have been vaccinated with no less than one jab. Of these, 53.5 million folks have acquired a second dose and 32.5 million have acquired a 3rd jab.

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