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Senin, 01 Maret 2021

Prince Philip transferred to second hospital for heart condition tests - BBC News

The Duke of Edinburgh has been transferred to St Bartholomew's Hospital for continued treatment, after 13 nights at another London hospital.

Doctors are treating Prince Philip, 99, for an infection. They will also undertake testing and observation for a pre-existing heart condition, Buckingham Palace said.

The duke is responding to treatment and "remains comfortable", it added.

He is expected to remain in hospital until at least the end of the week.

Philip, who turns 100 in June, was taken to King Edward VII's hospital in London on 16 February as a precaution after feeling unwell. A palace source at the time said the duke had walked into the hospital unaided.

On Monday morning, someone was screened from journalists' cameras by umbrellas as they got into an ambulance outside the hospital in Marylebone.

Philip was transferred about three miles (5km) to St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Bart's, in the City of London.

St Bart's is a centre of excellence for cardiac care, its NHS site says.

The exact reason for Philip's initial admission has not been disclosed, but his stay is not related to coronavirus.

Both the duke and the Queen, 94, received Covid-19 vaccinations last month.

The Prince of Wales visited his father for around 30 minutes the weekend after he was admitted.

Two days later the Duke of Cambridge said his grandfather was "OK" and that doctors were "keeping an eye" on him.

The following day, on 23 February, Buckingham Palace said Philip was being treated for an infection and was not expected to leave hospital for several days. The Earl of Wessex added his father was feeling "a lot better" and appreciated the "lovely messages" from the public.

Bart's: UK's oldest hospital

St Bartholomew's is Britain's oldest hospital, according to the NHS website, and is set to celebrate its 900th birthday in 2023
The NHS teaching hospital is internationally renowned
It has beds for more than 300 patients, supported by 2,500 staff
The hospital, located close to St Paul's Cathedral in central London, has general medical wards, a cancer centre and a specialist heart centre too
Barts Heart Centre has state-of-the-art facilities, including 10 operating theatres, critical care beds and scanning capabilities
It offers NHS services as well as private care
It is based in the main hospital's King George V building and is Europe's largest specialised cardiovascular centre

Members of the Royal Family, including the Queen, have continued with their official duties during the duke's hospital stay.

The Queen's engagements over the past two weeks have included hosting a video call with health officials leading the UK's Covid vaccine rollout, and knighting a royal aide during a private socially-distanced ceremony at Windsor.

Prince Philip retired from royal duties in 2017 in a move supported by the Queen.

Known for off-the-cuff remarks at public events, Prince Philip joked at the time that he was the "world's most experienced plaque unveiler".

In his time as a working royal, he has attended over 22,000 solo engagements and given more than 5,000 speeches.

The duke has received treatment for various health conditions over the years, including a blocked coronary artery in 2011, a bladder infection in 2012 and exploratory surgery on his abdomen in June 2013.

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2021-03-01 13:57:29Z
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Prince Philip: Duke of Edinburgh moved to different hospital to continue treatment for infection - Sky News

Prince Philip has been moved to a different hospital where he will continue to be treated for an infection and undergo further tests.

The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, was admitted to a London hospital just under two weeks ago as a "precautionary measure" after feeling unwell.

A Buckingham Palace statement said: "The Duke of Edinburgh was today transferred from King Edward VII's Hospital to St Bartholomew's Hospital where doctors will continue to treat him for an infection, as well as undertake testing and observation for a pre-existing heart condition.

"The Duke remains comfortable and is responding to treatment but is expected to remain in hospital until at least the end of the week."

Prince Philip was shielded from public view as he left the hospital on Monday morning.

Umbrellas were held up as he made his way into a waiting ambulance, at the rear of the hospital, to be taken to St Bart's, where uniformed officers from the City of London police were positioned.

The duke's condition is not related to coronavirus.

It is described on the Barts Health NHS Trust website as an "internationally-renowned" hospital which is a "centre of excellence for both cardiac and cancer care".

It adds that Barts Heart Centre is Europe's largest specialised cardiovascular service.

Last week, Prince Edward told Sky News his father was doing "a lot better" and that the family were keeping their "fingers crossed".

The prince said he was "looking forward to getting out, which is the most positive thing".

Asked if the duke was frustrated, Prince Edward added: "Just a bit! I think that gets to all of us, and then, you can only watch the clock so many times and the walls are only so interesting."

He was driven to the central London hospital on 16 February, with a royal source saying he walked in unaided.

Prince Charles was pictured in a face mask going to visit a few days later and stayed for about half an hour.

The duke will now continue treatment at St Bart's, near St Paul's Cathedral in the city of London.

Prince Philip has received "some brilliant and lovely messages" from the public which have been passed on to him, Prince Edward told Sky News last week.

The last time he was in hospital was December 2019, when he spent four nights being treated due to a "pre-existing condition".

Philip - who turns 100 in June - retired in 2017 after decades of public duties and thousands of engagements.

He now rarely appears in public and was last seen in July 2020 when he transferred his role as colonel-in-chief of The Rifles to the Duchess of Cornwall.

He has been staying with the Queen at Windsor Castle since coronavirus restrictions were first introduced last year.

Earlier this month, the palace confirmed they had both received their first dose of a vaccine.

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2021-03-01 13:06:04Z
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Prince Harry tells Oprah Winfrey his 'biggest fear was history repeating itself' in reference to Diana's death - Sky News

Prince Harry has said he feared "history repeating itself" and the process of leaving royal life has been "unbelievably tough" for him and his wife Meghan.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke to Oprah Winfrey about life in and out of the Royal Family.

The interview with Winfrey, who lives near the couple's new home in Montecito, California, will be screened in the UK on 8 March, a day after it airs in the US.

In one of two 30-second promo clips released by CBS on social media, Harry says: "I'm just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side."

As a photo was shown of him as a child with his mother, Princess Diana, he continued: "Because I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago, because it's been unbelievably tough for the two of us.

"But at least we have each other."

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were shown sitting outdoors beside each other, Harry in a grey suit and Meghan - who is pregnant with their second child - in a black dress.

A second clip contains Harry saying: "My biggest concern was history repeating itself" but the remainder is dominated by Winfrey, with statements such as: "You said some pretty shocking things here," and "almost unsurvivable - sounds like there was a breaking point?" without any indication of what she is referring to.

Meghan's answer is not heard in either of the two clips.

Analysis: Diana comment is 'swipe at the royals and his father'

By Rhiannon Mills, royal correspondent

It's the most anticipated royal interview in recent years so it's hardly surprising the producers of Oprah's 90-minute chat with Harry and Meghan have gone full high drama in the promo.

But as well as the ominous and moody music, they've been clever with their choice of clips too.

We don't hear from Meghan, we only see her face as Oprah teases us with questions and statements: "Were you silent or were you silenced?", "you've said some pretty shocking things here" - all of it just leaving us wondering what on earth the Sussexes have told her?

The one person we do hear from is Harry, comparing their experience to his mother's.

We've heard him talk before about his fear that history was repeating itself; that he didn't want to see Meghan tormented by the tabloids and the paparazzi in the same way as Princess Diana.

It is admirable that he would want to defend his wife and speak so lovingly about his mother. But his comment also comes across as a considerable side swipe at the Royal Family and his father, Prince Charles, as he talks about his mother having to deal with her troubles alone.

In the past I think Harry would have been more circumspect in his choice of words. If we wondered whether the Sussexes were going to be subtle in their answers or hold back I think we have our answer.

As the big build up begins, we have just a week until we find out what those "shocking" revelations are - and who will be blamed for making their lives "unbelievably tough" and "almost unsurvivable".

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Harry and Meghan married at Windsor Castle in 2018 and their son Archie was born a year later.

But the couple stepped away from full-time royal life in March 2020, unhappy about the media scrutiny, intrusion, restrictions of their roles, and racist attitudes shown by some towards the duchess.

Last month, it was confirmed that they would not return to royal duties, meaning Harry will give up his honorary military titles.

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2021-03-01 10:41:15Z
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Covid in Scotland: Contact tracing after Brazilian strain detected - BBC News

An enhanced contact tracing effort is under way after the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 was detected in Scotland.

Three Scottish residents tested positive for the new strain after flying into Aberdeen from Brazil, via Paris and London.

Other passengers who were on the same flight from London are now being contacted.

Experts believe this variant (P1) - first detected in northern Brazil in January - could be more contagious.

Three other cases have also been detected in England, but they are not linked to the Scottish cases.

Officials are still trying to track down one of those who tested positive for the new variant in England.

Jillian Evans, head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian, said the three Scottish travellers had arrived in Aberdeen in early February, before new rules on hotel quarantine came into force.

She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme they had isolated together for 10 days after arrival in accommodation provided by their employer.

They tested positive while in isolation.

How worrying is the Brazil coronavirus variant?

She said that health protection specialists were now following up "contacts of their contacts" in an effort to ensure that any further cases were found quickly.

Anyone traced will be offered a Covid-19 test.

"That's not standard procedure, that's going one stage further," Ms Evans said.

"But of course they have been quarantined for 10 days in managed isolation for that period of time, so you would think that they wouldn't have many contacts to follow up.

"Nonetheless, that's an added precaution that's been taken by health protection specialists."

Scotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, said it was the first time the Brazilian variant had been detected in Scotland, but told BBC Scotland there was "no evidence" of community spread.

He said the three travellers had tested negative before leaving Brazil.

"The measures that were in place at the time of this were really quite rigorous," he said.

"These individuals self-isolated. They were from a high risk country, so they followed the instructions and there is no suggestion of any blame or concern about their behaviour. I think that's very important."

Prof Leitch added that "enhanced" contact tracing was necessary in this case because of concerns about the Brazil strain's resistance to immunity.

"The reason why we're worried scientifically is we're not absolutely certain that this version is amenable to the natural immunity some people already have and the artificial immunity we are creating with vaccination," he said.

"Everything we know says it's still very effective, but we just can't be sure yet because it hasn't been around long enough and the trials haven't completed."

Both the Scottish government and Public Health England said the variant had been designated "of concern" as it shared some important mutations with the variant first identified in South Africa (known as B.1.351).

One of these mutations - called E484K - may help the virus evade parts of the immune system called antibodies.

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2021-03-01 08:57:17Z
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Oprah interview: Harry compares the couple's scrutiny to that of Princess Diana - The Times

Dramatic extracts from Oprah Winfrey’s imminent interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have teased “shocking” claims by the couple.

A pair of brief clips from the first interviews that the two of them have given about their decision to leave the royal family screened on American television last night.

They showed the duke apparently comparing the couple’s predicament to the public scrutiny that his late mother, Princess Diana, endured.

“You know, for me, I’m just really relieved and happy to be sitting here, talking to you with my wife by my side because I can’t begin to imagine what it must’ve been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago,” he told Winfrey. “Because it has been

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2021-03-01 07:30:00Z
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Covid in Scotland: Contact tracing after Brazilian strain detected - BBC News

An enhanced contact tracing effort is under way after the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 was detected in Scotland.

Three Scottish residents tested positive for the new strain after flying into Aberdeen from Brazil, via Paris and London.

Other passengers who were on the same flight from London are now being contacted.

Experts believe this variant (P1) - first detected in northern Brazil in January - could be more contagious.

Three other cases have also been detected in England, but they are not linked to the Scottish cases.

Officials are still trying to track down one of those who tested positive for the new variant in England.

Jillian Evans, head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian, said the three Scottish travellers had arrived in Aberdeen in early February, before new rules on hotel quarantine came into force.

She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme they had isolated together for 10 days after arrival in accommodation provided by their employer.

They tested positive while in isolation.

How worrying is the Brazil coronavirus variant?