The fourth session of the 17th Lok Sabha began on Monday at 9am.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats had issued a detailed set of guidelines for MPs, their personal staff and parliamentary employees, stating that a Covid-19 test report is mandatory to enter Parliament.
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More than 25 MPs have tested positive for coronavirus in mandatory tests that were carried out before the start of the monsoon session. Sources said 17 of the MPs are from Lok Sabha and nine are from Rajya Sabha.
Among those infected in the Lok Sabha, the BJP has the maximum with 12 deputies, the YRS Congress has two, and the Shiv Sena, DMK and RLP have one each. The Lok Sabha members were examined in Parliament on September 13 and 14, the sources said. In Rajya Sabha, two from BJP and Congress and one from AIADMK, TRS, AAP and TMC were infected.
Some leaders tweeted and reported on their Covid-19 report.
They tested positive for COVID. My health is fine, but I have been recommended to self-quarantine. Those who have been in contact with me for the past few days should isolate themselves and are advised to get tested as soon as possible.
– Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (@JTNBJP) September 14, 2020
After Parliament’s routine test for COVID and genome testing, it is confirmed that I have tested positive for the virus. I am currently in good health and spirits. I ask everyone who has been in contact with me recently to get tested. Together we will fight and defeat Corona🙏🏽
– Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) September 14, 2020
The results sparked a Covid-19 scare in Parliament that is complying with protocols such as social distancing, the use of masks and disinfectants. The Monzón session is already taking place after a long delay and in a truncated way. The session normally begins in the last week of June or the first week of July and lasts for one month.
Among the other changes and precautions being taken for smooth operation amid the Covid crisis that has brought India’s disease burden to more than 48.5 million cases, the government decided that Lok Sabha be It will seat from 9 am to 1 pm while Rajya Sabha will run from 3 pm. at 7:00 p.m., with special seats for Members of Parliament (MP) to guarantee social distancing.
While about 200 members attended the Lok Sabha chamber, more than 30 were seated in the visitor’s gallery above the main chamber. A giant television screen in the Lok Sabha chamber showed very few Lok Sabha members occupying seats in the Rajya Sabha chamber, while, in the other place, the Lok Sabha MPs were accommodated following all the rules of physical distancing. . The benches that typically seat six members had a tiered seating plan for just three.
Previously, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats had issued a detailed set of guidelines for MPs, their personal staff and parliamentary employees, stating that a Covid-19 test report is mandatory to enter Parliament.
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