07:39 EDT, 9 June 2021
Concerns have been raised over thousands of unvaccinated police officers gathering at the G7 summit and potentially spreading the Covid-19 variant first identified in India.
Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales John Apter told the Home Secretary on Wednesday that officers felt “betrayed” over the Government decision not to prioritise officers for Covid-19 vaccines.
Speaking at the federation’s annual conference, he said that thousands of potentially unvaccinated officers would gather in Cornwall while on duty at the summit.
Mr Apter told delegates: “Just this week, we have thousands of colleagues from all over the country coming together to police the G7 summit in Cornwall. Police officers from those communities where the Indian variant of the virus is thriving.