Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla tests COVID-19 positive

March 21: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla tested positive for COVID-19 on March 19, confirmed a statement issued by the All India Institute if Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi on Sunday. “He was admitted to AIIMS COVID Centre for observation on March 20. He is stable and his parametres are normal,” the release by AIIMS read. The Lok Sabha speaker actively attended the second part of the ongoing Budget session in the Parliament which began on March 8.