Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has revealed that she was “very tired and exhausted” after her recent Covid-19 crisis.
The 95-year-old monarch, who tested positive for coronavirus in February, discussed her experience in a video call with staff at an east London hospital on Wednesday.
Speaking with former Covid patient Asef Hussain, the queen said of the virus: “I’m glad you’re getting better… good result.”
Hussain’s brother and father died of the disease, PA Media news agency reported.
He was the third member of his family to be hospitalized with Covid-19, after falling ill in December 2020. Recounting his experience, he told the Queen: “I remember waking up one morning and finding it really, really hard to breathe.”
He added that he felt “like there was no oxygen in the room” and even stuck his head out the window, “just trying to breathe, trying to get that extra oxygen.”
Hussain spent seven weeks on a ventilator at the hospital and is still recovering.
During her virtual visit, the Queen also heard how hospital staff responded to the massive influx of Covid patients.
Speaking to the construction team that built the 155-bed Queen Elizabeth Unit on floors 14 and 15 of the hospital in five weeks instead of the usual five months, she said: “It’s very interesting, isn’t it, when there’s something very vital, how do they all work together and unite? Wonderful, isn’t it?
The queen – who is celebrating her 70th birthday on the throne – has dealt with a number of health issues in recent months.
At a church service in October, she used a cane in public for the first time since 2003.
Later that month, she took a break from royal engagements after spending a night in a central London hospital, where doctors ran “preliminary tests” and advised her to rest for a few days.
Buckingham Palace announced in February that the 95-year-old sovereign was suffering “mild cold symptoms” as a result of the Covid-19 infection, but would continue light duties at Windsor.
The palace previously confirmed that the monarch and her late husband Prince Philip received their first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in January 2021.
Source: CNN Brasil
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