New Delhi : Members of Parliament will be requested to get themselves tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today. The Monsoon Session is likely to start from September 14 and conclude on October 1.
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Will request MPs to get tested for coronavirus 72 hours before start of Monsoon Session of Parliament: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 28, 2020
Beside MP, all those who are expected to enter the
Parliament premises, including officials from ministries,
representatives from the media and staff of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats,
will get teste for the COVID-19 before the
start of the session, Om Birla said.
The Lok Sabha Speaker had a long meeting today with officials from the Health Ministry, ICMR, AIIMS, DRDO and
Delhi government to finalise the arrangements for the
session in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Birla said arrangement have also been made for
zero-touch security checks during the session.
If required random tests for COVID-19 can be
conducted during the session, he said.
Sources have told news agency Press Trust of India that
the Monsoon Session is likely to be held
in two shifts
– morning and evening.
Due to the pandemic, this will be in a way a
first-of-its-kind session with various modifications.
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