Wednesday, May 5, 2021

UK Officials Say Indian G7 Delegation Self-Isolating After Two Positive COVID Tests

 

CNBC: India foreign minister self-isolating after Covid scare at UK’s in-person G-7 summit 

* India, the current epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, is not in the G-7 nations but delegates from the country were invited to the summit in London to try to deepen ties with the Indo-Pacific region. 

* Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said via Twitter on Wednesday that he was “made aware yesterday evening of exposure to possible Covid positive cases.” 

 * India’s foreign minister met in person with U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel on Tuesday and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday. 

LONDON — India’s foreign minister on Wednesday said he had been made aware of positive Covid cases among the country’s delegation to the G-7 summit in the U.K., prompting his entire team to self-isolate. 

Britain is hosting the three-day meeting in the capital city of London, seeking to restart face-to-face diplomacy and discuss the most pressing geopolitical challenges with the world’s most industrialized countries. It is the first gathering of the group’s foreign ministers since 2019.  

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WNU Editor: Were they not tested before going to London? Must the other delegations and their ministers self isolate?

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