Senior lawmaker suggests MPs in Parliament undergo second Covid-19 test


KUALA LUMPUR: A senior lawmaker suggested that MPs undergo a second Covid-19 test owing to the hype of activities in the Dewan Rakyat.

"I suggest to the Speaker that MPs and others who are in Parliament undergo the Covid-19 test again as there is a lot of interaction going on here. We did the test once and suggest that we do it again owing to the huge amount of interaction," said Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (BN-Arau) in Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday. (Aug 11).

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