Parliament will discuss Malaysia’s participation in Covax today (November 19)



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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia’s participation in Covax, a global initiative supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure fair and equitable access to the Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, is one of the topics to be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat session Thursday (November 19).

According to the order document for Dewan Rakyat’s session, the matter will be raised by Lim Guan Eng (PH-Bagan) during the question time of the ministers, through a question to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, about the cost of participation and the role of the country.

Additionally, during the oral question and answer session, Natrah Ismail (PH-Sekijang) will pose a question to the Minister of Communications and Multimedia about the outcome of the 5G demonstration project that had been carried out and the ministry’s readiness to expand the network. 5G across the country. .

After that, the House will continue the debate on the 2021 Supplies Bill, which refers to the 2021 Budget, which is in its eighth day.

This week’s session of Parliament lasts just four hours, from 10 a.m. M. At 2 p. M. Every day from Monday to Thursday, and only 80 members of Parliament, 41 from the government and 39 from the opposition and independents, can be in the Chamber at any time. time.

It is a precautionary measure following the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.

According to the Parliament’s calendar, the third session of the Third Legislature of the XIV Parliament is 27 days until December 15 – Bernama



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