Ahead of Budget session, over 400 staff of Indian Parliament tests Covid positive

Jan.9: Weeks ahead of the Budget session, as many as 402 Parliament staff have tested positive for COVID-19. As per reports, the 402 staff members were tested positive out of the 1,409 staff of Parliament for the virus from January 4 to 8 after which their samples were sent for genome sequencing to confirm the variant. According to an internal message from the staff of Parliament, the staff are advised to follow the precautions as per the guidelines of the government.

Several employees of both the Houses of the Parliament were put in isolation after they came into contact with their infected colleagues during work. Various officials of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are also in isolation. In view of the cases, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have sent one-third of its staffers to work from home. The budget session is slated to begin from January 31.