PETALING JAYA: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun has confirmed that two MPs and 12 Parliament staff have tested positive for Covid-19, while another 58 Parliament staff and five or six MPs are under home quarantine.
He said this after kicking off the special five-day sitting of Dewan Rakyat at 10am on Monday (July 26), whereby lawmakers will be briefed on the National Recovery Plan today.
Azhar said following the positive test results, he had held a coordinating meeting on Monday (July 26) morning to ask the views of Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on the current Covid-19 situation and how they could hold the Parliament sitting safely.
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