(ANSA) - LONDON, MAY 30 - New excellent infection from Covid in the United Kingdom.
This time to be infected is the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, number one of the Anglican hierarchy, who will therefore not be able to officiate as scheduled on Friday 3 the Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service of the 70 years of record reign of 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth in the London Cathedral of St. Paul.
The announcement was made by the Church of England, a Christian confession of which Elizabeth II is nominally head.
Welby's symptoms are described as not serious, albeit accompanied by "mild pneumonia".
The prelate will be replaced in the celebration of the solemn liturgy of June 3 by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, who will hold the expected sermon in his place before the sovereign, the rest of the royal family and the guests expected for the occasion, from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on down. .
Even the queen - already vaccinated several times - has been affected by a mild form of Covid in recent months, shortly after the contagion suffered by the heir to the throne Charles (the second since the beginning of the pandemic) and by his wife Camilla.
All are then cured of the infection, against the background of a stable downward trend in infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the United Kingdom, despite the lifting of all the main restrictions (mask obligation included) in place for 5 months on the island in a context of vaccinations and widespread healings.
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