covid-19 on Monday, government sources said.The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) carried out testing of more than 2,500 samples of MPs and other officials over the weekend.
According to health ministry officials, all the MPs and employees in the secretariats of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were made to undergo covid-19 tests before the monsoon session began.“A team from ICMR was in the parliament for supervision.
The officials of the Delhi government’s health department were there for collecting samples. The RT-PCR tests were done in the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida.
We did the testing on a war-footing over the weekend. As per the health ministry’s protocols, the positive persons have been asked.