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Queen Elizabeth, husband Philip receive COVID vaccines, says Buckingham

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Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/01/09/20210109-queen-elizabeth-ii-england-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>Britain&#x27;s Queen Elizabeth II records her annual Christmas broadcast in Windsor Castle in England, December 24, 2020. <em>Victoria Jones, Pool via Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LONDON—Britain&#x27;s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip, both in their 90s, have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.</p><p>&quot;The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have today received COVID-19 vaccinations,&quot; the palace said in a statement. The Queen is 94 years old and Philip is 99, putting them in the priority category in Britain&#x27;s coronavirus vaccine rollout.</p><p>A royal source said the vaccines were administered by a household doctor at the queen&#x27;s Windsor Castle residence, adding that she made the news public to counter any speculation.</p><p>With a highly transmissible new variant of the virus surging across Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has shuttered the economy and is rushing out vaccines in a bid to stem the spread of the pandemic.</p><p>The government plans to vaccinate the elderly, the vulnerable and frontline workers - around 15 million people - by mid-February, to ease a new strict lockdown imposed after a spike in cases to daily records.</p><p>Britain has the world&#x27;s fifth-highest official death toll from COVID-19 at nearly 80,000, and the 1,325 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test on Friday surpassed the previous daily record toll from last April. <strong>(Reporting by Andy Bruce and Michael Holden Editing by Mark Heinrich and Ros Russell)</strong></p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/30/20/netflix-hit-the-crown-should-carry-fiction-warning-minister">Netflix hit &#x27;The Crown&#x27; should carry fiction warning: minister</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/09/21/us-sets-new-record-with-nearly-290000-covid-19-cases-in-24-hours-johns-hopkins">US sets new record with nearly 290,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k6chlYGGkRs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>A royal source said the vaccines were administered by a household doctor at the queen's Windsor Castle residence.</p>

A royal source said the vaccines were administered by a household doctor at the queen's Windsor Castle residence.