311 Lok Sabha members fully vaccinated against COVID-19, says Om Birla
Ahead of the monsoon session of the Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said that 311 members of the lower house have been fully vaccinated.
- Country:
- India
By Nishant Ketu Ahead of the monsoon session of the Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said that 311 members of the lower house have been fully vaccinated.
The speaker further informed that all arrangements for conducting COVID-19 RT-PCR tests have been made. "23 members have not administered any vaccine for some reason. However, a 24-hour arrangement of conducting tests has been made in the Parliamentary complex," he said while addressing a press conference in the national capital. Birla also assured that all COVID-19 protocols will be followed in the upcoming monsoon session.
"In view of COVID-19, arrangements to make the members sit at an appropriate distance will be made," he said. During the pandemic, close to 380 meetings have been held that dealt with legislative work, Birla said.
Terming it as a 'big challenge' to conduct the monsoon session 'smoothly', he said, "Running the proceedings of the House smoothly while following COVID protocols will be a big challenge. However, preparations are going on continuously at many levels, under which all MPs have been vaccinated. According to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine has been given to more than 500 Lok Sabha MPs so far. Along with this, all the employees of Parliament have also been vaccinated." The monsoon session is scheduled to take place from July 19 to August 13 and will have 19 business days. (ANI)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Om Birla
- Parliamentary
- Lok Sabha
- Birla
- COVID
- House
- Lok Sabha Secretariat
- Parliament
ALSO READ
Lok Sabha polls: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin campaigns at vegetable market in Theni
Lok Sabha polls: NCP (SCP) releases 3rd list of candidates
Samajwadi Party releases manifesto for 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Lucknow; promises caste-based census by 2025.
BJP fields Neeraj Shekhar, son of former PM Chandrashekhar from Balia Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.
Lok Sabha elections: Women and Divyang employees to operate polling booths in Uttarakhand