Japan’s Princess Yoko has left hospital after recovering from COVID and pneumonia.
Her Imperial Highness was discharged from hospital on Wednesday, 16 February.
The Imperial Household said the royal’s symptoms improved with treatment and had been released by her doctors. She will recuperate at her family’s home on the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo.
Princess Yoko, 38, was admitted to a hospital inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo early last week after testing positive for COVID-19. At the time, the Imperial Household Agency said she was tested after developing a sore throat the previous day.
A few days later, she developed a moderate form of pneumonia and was transferred to the University of Tokyo Hospital.
Yoko is the first member of the Imperial Family to contract the coronavirus.
She was in close contact with her older sister, Princess Akiko, 40; however, her sister has since tested negative for the virus.
One member of Princess Yoko’s staff has since tested positive but was being treated at home. They will be transferred to a hotel to completely recover.
The Imperial Household Agency said how she contracted the virus is unknown and that she has not attended any events recently with food and drinks. However, she did attend a memorial ceremony for a late Emperor on 30 January.
Princess Yoko is the daughter of the late Prince Tomohito and his wife, Princess Nobuko. She has one older sister, Princess Akiko. Her father died from cancer in 2012. He was 66.
