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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday that All MPs will be requested to undergo Covid-19 test before the start of the Budget session and arrangement for the same will be made in the parliament premises from January 27.
Addressing a press conference about the commencement of the parliament session, Speaker Om Birla said all necessary coronavirus related protocols, including maintaining social distancing and sanitisation, will be followed during the session which is starting from January 29.
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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday that All MPs will be requested to undergo Covid-19 test before the start of the Budget session and arrangement for the same will be made in the parliament premises from January 27.
Addressing a press conference about the commencement of the parliament session, Speaker Om Birla said all necessary coronavirus related protocols, including maintaining social distancing and sanitisation, will be followed during the session which is starting from January 29.
Om Birla chaired a high-level meeting of top government officials on Tuesday for holding the Budget session amid the pandemic.
Interacting with reporters after the meeting, the Lok Sabha speaker said, "All MPs will be requested to undergo RT-PCR test to detect Covid-19 before the start of the Budget session.
Arrangements for the test will also be made in parliament premises for two days starting from January 27, news agency PTI quoted Birla as saying.
Arrangements were also being made so that Covid-19 tests can be conducted near the residences of the parliamentarians, Birla said.
The Lok Sabha speaker said the House will sit in two shifts, morning and evening.
The Rajya Sabha will sit in morning from 9 am to 1 pm and the Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 8 pm.