Queen Elizabeth II revealed to a former patient that COVID-19 left her very tired and exhausted after she contracted it.
The monarch had tested positive for coronavirus last February, going on to carry with her duties despite suffering from mild cold-like symptoms.
The Queen had a virtual meeting with the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel on Wednesday to mark the official opening of the Queen Elizabeth Unit. She listened to the stories of medical staff, patients and workers who made use of the facility during the pandemic.
She told one couple, former patient Asef Hussain and his wife Shamina, that the virus tends to leave one very tired and exhausted. ‘This horrible pandemic. It’s not a nice result’ she said.
Hussain was his family’s third member to be admitted to hospital with the virus. His brother had died of COVID, followed by their father who passed away while Hussain himself was on a ventilator.
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