The royal palace in Thailand announced on Saturday that the country's king and queen have tested positive for COVID-19 but are currently only experiencing minor symptoms.
According to a statement from the Royal Household Bureau, doctors advised treatment for King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 70, and Queen Suthida, 44, and asked that they temporarily abstain from their duties.
The statement claimed that their symptoms were "very mild.".
The couple paid a visit to Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol earlier on Friday and Thursday at Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok, where she was admitted after going into cardiac arrest on Wednesday.
The Department of Disease Control reports an increase in infections caused by the dominant omicron subvariants in ...
...Bangkok and other popular tourist areas since Thailand loosened regulations that had been in place since 2020.
57 million people, or 82 percent of the population, have received at least one vaccination according to its records.
Of those, 325 million have received a third injection and 535 million have received a second dose.