LONDON (REUTERS, AFP) - The Group of Seven foreign ministers’ meeting in London was hit by a Covid-19 scare on Wednesday (May 5) 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 meeting – the first such G-7 event in two years – which has been heavily 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.
India, currently undergoing the world’s worst surge in Covid-19 cases, is attending the G-7 as a guest and had been due to take part in meetings on Tuesday evening and throughout Wednesday.