2 Indian delegates at G7 Summit test positive for COVID-19, Jaishankar to attend virtually
A British official confirmed the two positive tests and said the entire Indian delegation was self-isolating. British rules require a 10-day self-isolation period
Reuters | May 6, 2021 | Updated 09:23 IST
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
The Group of Seven meeting in London was hit by a Covid-19 scare on Wednesday when India s foreign minister and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive. Britain is hosting the three-day foreign ministers meeting - the first such G7 event in two years - which has been billed as a chance to restart face-to-face diplomacy and a opportunity for the West to show a united front against threats from China and Russia.
G7 Participants Test Positive for Covid-19 at Meeting That Should ve Been a Zoom Call
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U.s. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar following a bilateral meeting in London on May 3, 2021.
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India’s G7 delegation is self-isolating in London on Wednesday after two members tested positive for covid-19, according to the British government and a new report from Reuters. The positive cases are likely to spark the obvious question: Why wasn’t this meeting a Zoom call?
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“Two delegates tested positive so the entire delegation is now self isolating,” an unnamed British official told Reuters on Wednesday, adding a half-hearted defense of the meeting’s covid-19 protections.
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Attendees take part in G7 foreign ministers meeting in London, Britain May 5, 2021. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven meeting in London was hit by a COVID-19 scare on Wednesday when India’s foreign minister and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive.
Britain is hosting the three-day foreign ministers’ meeting – the first such G7 event in two years – which has been billed as a chance to restart face-to-face diplomacy and an opportunity for the West to show a united front against threats from China and Russia.