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Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19

PRINCE CHARLES has tested positive for COVID-19, after displaying "mild symptoms".

He "otherwise remains in good health", said Clarence House, adding that he had been self-isolating in Scotland with the Duchess of Cornwall, who tested negative.


"The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus," the statement said.

"He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual.

"The Duchess of Cornwall has also been tested but does not have the virus. In accordance with government and medical advice, the Prince and the Duchess are now self-isolating at home in Scotland.

"The tests were carried out by the NHS in Aberdeenshire where they met the criteria required for testing."

The statement added that was "not possible to ascertain from whom the prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks".

The BBC reported that Prince Charles had been "working from home over the last few days, and has held a number of private meetings with Highgrove and Duchy of Cornwall individuals, all of whom have been made aware".

According to a palace source, the prince "has spoken to both the Queen and his sons—the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex—and is in good spirits".

As on Wednesday (25), the UK had 8,077 coronavirus cases, with 422 deaths.

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Asian NHS therapist struck off after English claim and inability to understand colleagues

The Trust referred the matter to the Health and Care Professions Council and confirmed she had not worked there since 2024

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Asian NHS therapist struck off after English claim and inability to understand colleagues

Highlights

  • Sriperambuduru claimed English was her first language on her NHS application form.
  • Colleagues flagged communication problems within two weeks of her starting the role.
  • The tribunal found she intended to deceive the Trust to gain employment.
A speech and language therapist was struck off the professional register after admitting she could not understand her colleagues, despite claiming English was her first language on her NHS job application.
Sai Keerthana Sriperambuduru joined York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in October 2023, having declared English as her native tongue, which meant she was not required to prove her language proficiency separately.
At a review meeting on 7 November 2023, she acknowledged that Telugu was her native language and that English was in fact her second language.
Colleagues noticed communication problems within two weeks, according to a Daily Mail report.

What the panel found

Her line manager told the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service hearing that during the interview process, Sriperambuduru had requested to use a chat-box facility so interviewers could type questions to her rather than ask them face to face.

The manager described this as "very unusual" given that Sriperambuduru was living in the UK at the time.

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