UNITED KINGDOM- Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Buckingham Palace confirmed in a shocking release a few minutes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed he tested positive for coronavirus.

News of the Queen testing positive for COVID-19 does not come as a surprise since there was a possibility that she could have been exposed by the virus during one of her weekly meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson who tested positive an hour ago.

Buckingham Palace revealed the monarch held a face-to-face with Mr. Johnson on March 11.  

Her health, the palace added, remains good and stable though she has shown mild symptoms of the novel coronavirus.