House speaker Chuan Leekpai on Wednesday assured that parliament is safe from Covid-19 despite a string of infections reported among MPs.
He said House meetings will proceed as scheduled as strict disease control measures have been put in place.
Mr Chuan said yesterday that the MPs who recently tested positive for Covid-19 have recovered. He admitted there were a number of newer cases, but the numbers weren’t high.
“About 100 parliament personnel, MPs and other officials have tested positive [for Covid-19] over the past year,” he said.
“We must learn to co-exist with the virus and perform our duties as usual.”
Parliament meetings were suspended for about two weeks after a number of MPs contracted the virus, in compliance with measures laid out by the…
