TODAY’S G7 meeting in London has been rocked by a Covid scare after two members of the Indian delegation reportedly tested positive.

The country’s entire team is now said to be self-isolating, but will still try to attend meetings of the group virtually.

The G7 is being held in London

Senior government sources didn’t deny reports of the outbreak, according to Sky News.

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said the Government had taken all the necessary precautions in organising the event.

That includes regular testing of all the delegations.

He said: “Public Health England and the team that are organising the G7 take this very seriously.

“We continue to have one of the most robust set of protocols around testing and so we will make sure that happens.”

India is not a member of the G7 club which features the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the US, Canada, and Japan.

But it was asked to join today’s meeting of the group’s foreign ministers by Britain, which is hosting this year’s summit.

The news comes amid fears the Indian variant of the virus is spreading in Britain.

It is growing rapidly in parts of the UK and is the cause of around one in 20 new cases, data shows. 

Experts have said the rise of the strain may be “masked” by broadly decreasing infection rates.

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