No MPs Tested Positive For Covid-19 So Far - Health DG

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 (Bernama) -- No positive COVID-19 cases were detected among the Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been tested so far, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that so far 750 people, including MPs, Parliament staff and members of the media, have undergone COVID-19 screenings ahead of the one-day sitting of Parliament on Monday. “So far, Alhamdulillah (Praise be to God) no positive cases. “We are still conducting (the tests) in the next one or two days and maybe we can have the (full) results in 24 hours’ time,” he told a daily COVID-19 news conference here Saturday. On Wednesday, the Parliament administration, with the help of the relevant agencies, conducted COVID-19 tests in preparation for the Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament) and Dewan Negara meetings (upper house of Parliament) on Monday. -- BERNAMA