2 COVID-19 Cases Among Indian Delegation Attending G7 Summit at London

2 members of the Indian delegation currently in London attending the G7 foreign ministers meet have tested positive for COVID-19. All meetings by the Indian delegation will be virtually attended.

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05 May 2021, 8:48 am

London- As per reports, two members of the Indian delegation currently in London attending the G7 foreign ministers meet, may have tested positive for COVID-19.

Indian Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar tweeted saying that he had been informed of two positive cases of COVID-19 within the Indian delegation. The Indian delegation will now attend all their meetings virtually.

Was made aware yesterday evening of exposure to possible Covid positive cases. As a measure of abundant caution and also out of consideration for others, I decided to conduct my engagements in the virtual mode. That will be the case with the G7 Meeting today as well.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 5, 2021

Jaishankar was pictured recently meeting with British Interior Minister Priti Sushil Patel on Tuesday.

The Indian delegation lead by the Indian external affairs minister will be addressing the G7 foreign ministers meet virtually, it has been confirmed officially.

As of now, precautionary measures have been taken. Dr. S. Jaishankar will be arriving in India by tomorrow evening and tomorrow he is expected to have a meeting with his British counterpart Dominic Raab, the British foreign secretary virtually.

The G7 is the first in-person meeting between foreign ministers of the member nation-states during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, taking place after a gap of over two and a half years.

As per reports, there was a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of France, Australia, and India. Today was the most significant day of engagement for India as a high-level meeting between India and the rest of the G7 countries is scheduled to take place in which India participated virtually.

Was made aware yesterday evening of exposure to possible Covid positive cases. As a measure of abundant caution and also out of consideration for others, I decided to conduct my engagements in the virtual mode. That will be the case with the G7 Meeting today as well.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 5, 2021

Also today, news of a new mutant COVID-19 variant called the N440K variant or the AP variant broke out after researchers claimed that this new mutant variant is 15 times more 'virulent' than the earlier mutations meaning it spreads faster, has a shorter incubation period and the infection spreads much more rapidly within the human body. It was first detected in the state of Andhra Pradesh but according to reports, 20 to 30% of the samples tested in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana were also found to have traces of this new deadly mutant variant.

Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours, India reported over 3.82 lakh new cases of the novel coronavirus taking the total tally of cases in the country to hot over 2.06 crores. India has also witnessed the highest single-day spike in the cases of COVID-induced fatalities amounting to 3,780, taking the total death toll to 2,26,188. The active COVID-19 cases in India now amount to over 34.94 lakhs. The massive surge in the cases of this deadly infectious disease continues to exert tremendous pressure on the healthcare infrastructure of the country.

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