Parliament Explains 100 Covid 19 Cases
Parliament has trashed claims that 100 MPs were found positive for the covid 19 virus.
Chris Obore the Director of Communications & Public Affairs at Parliament says the information circulating on these platforms is unfounded and false.
Obore says 3 tests were conducted on over 3000 persons for State functions at Kololo Independence Grounds and 100 came back positive.
Obore says this positive number doesn’t depict that only Mp’s tested positive because the tests included staff of Parliament, Police, ISO, SFC, Service Providers, Journalists, Prisons staff, and invited guests.
The events included: Election of the Speaker -24th May 2021, the State of the Nation Address by H.E. the President -4th June 2021, and Budget Reading-10th June 2021.
‘ Over 3,000 people were tested for COVID-19.Out of all those tested for the events, approximately 100 came out positive. Note that Parliament has 529MPs approximately 30 Parliament staff were manning the events.’ he explains.
This comes after parliament reduced the attendance in parliament by 20 percent and also suspended unnecessary visits.
Parliament Explains 100 Covid 19 Cases
Obore says that in compliance with the President’s directives, Parliament has scaled down on the number of staff and journalists at parliament to 20 percent.
The numbers of journalists have also been drastically reduced, while visitors are highly discouraged.
Entry to Parliament is strictly checked, while other staff like Members of Parliament personal assistants are not allowed in.
