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		</div><p>Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer has defended the decision to test Britain&#8217;s Princes Charles for coronavirus, saying there were “very good reasons” behind the move.</p>
<p>Dr Catherine Calderwood spoke after news that the heir to the British throne had been tested for Covid-19 sparked an angry backlash from some.</p>
<p>While some medical workers who are self-isolating have been unable to get tested to see if they could come back to work, both Charles, 71, and his wife Camilla, 72, were tested on Monday.</p>
<p>The couple are currently staying at the Birkhall estate in Aberdeenshire, with Camilla separating herself from her husband after she tested negative.</p>
<p>Speaking about Charles on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, Dr Calderwood said: <em>“I have spoken to the team in Grampian who were looking after the individual.</em></p>
<p><em>“My understanding is there were very good reasons for that person and his wife to be tested, and obviously I wouldn’t be able to disclose anything else that I know because of patient confidentiality.”</em></p>
<p>Charles has become the highest profile coronavirus case in the country, after Clarence House said he had tested positive for the virus.</p>
<p>He is displaying “mild symptoms” of the illness but is in good health and spirits as he self-isolates at Birkhall, a spokesman said.</p>
<p>A source added “medical advice is that it is unlikely to escalate into a more serious case”.</p>
<p>SNP MSP Joan McAlpine said she wished Charles a “speedy recovery”, but added: <em>“Given that his symptoms are said to be mild, like many I wonder how he was tested when many NHS and social care workers cannot get tested.</em></p>
<p><em>“My nephew, who has serious asthma and a chest infection, was recently refused a test.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This billionaire land owner disobeyed guidance to stay home to avoid spreading virus, went to second home in Scotland, is now infected and has infected others. Indy Scotland must be a republic and tax this arrogant fool. <a href="https://t.co/F0ZwdT5O88">pic.twitter.com/F0ZwdT5O88</a></p>
<p>&mdash; George Kerevan (@GeorgeKerevan) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeKerevan/status/1242776808593993728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>With tourists being urged to stay away from remote areas of Scotland during the outbreak, former SNP MP George Kerevan was more critical, branding Charles an “arrogant fool”.</p>
<p>He tweeted: <em>“This billionaire land owner disobeyed guidance to stay home to avoid spreading virus, went to second home in Scotland, is now infected and has infected others.</em></p>
<p><em>“Indy Scotland must be a republic and tax this arrogant fool.”</em></p>
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