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Masks, gloves, face-shields, sanitisers and tea bags: Parliament gets pandemic-ready
NEW DELHI : Thousands of masks and gloves, hundreds of sanitiser bottles and face shields, touch-free operation of doors, and COVID-19 tests for an estimated 4,000 people including MPs and staff members -- several arrangements have been made for the 18-day Parliament session from September 14 that would be held under the shadow of a pandemic for the first time ever.Frequent sanitisation of the entire parliament complex will also be carried out, while arrangements have been made to sanitise various parliamentary papers as well as footwear and cars of MPs, officials said.Frisking of people will also make way for touch-less security scanning, while thermal scanning will also be totally touch-free.The first-of-its-kind monsoon session will see