G7: leaders to sign landmark global health declaration to stop future pandemics - live updates
Leaders of the G7 industrialised countries are meeting in Cornwall this weekend to discuss vaccines, the pandemic recovery and the climate crisis
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1.28pm BST
Rising Covid case numbers and hospitalisations are a matter of serious, serious concern", Boris Johnson said on Saturday, adding he was less optimistic about reopening the country than he was last month.
It's clear that the Indian variant is more transmissible and it's also true that the cases are going up, and that the levels of hospitalisation are going up," the prime minister told Sky News.
1.20pm BST
A second police officer involved in the security operation around the G7 summit in Cornwall has tested positive for Covid.
Devon and Cornwall's police told the Guardian on Saturday: As part of our testing regime, we have identified one officer who is currently supporting G7 policing who has tested positive for Covid-19 following a PCR test on 11 June."
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