A Belgian prince has apologized, after testing positive for coronavirus two days after attending a social gathering in Cordoba, Spain.
Prince Joachim, 28, who is a nephew of Belgium's King Philippe, attended a social event with the family of a"I would like to apologize for travelling and not having respected the quarantine measures," the prince said in a statement released by the Córdoba law office of Mariano Aguayo.
The prince had traveled from Belgium to Spain on May 24 and attended a social gathering with "12 or 27 guests" on May 26, the palace press office said. He tested positive for Covid-19 two days later. Authorities are now investigating whether the social event the prince attended had more than 15 people in attendance, the spokeswoman for Rafaela Valenzuela, the Spanish government's chief representative in Córdoba, told CNN Monday.
Police in Spain have the power to fine individuals who break confinement rules. Amounts vary across the country but several hundred thousand fines have been issued since the state of emergency began on March 14.
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