The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumani Bagbin has disclosed that some of the members of the parliament house have contracted the deadly coronavirus.
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This was revealed on Friday 29th January 2021. He said that most of the members of the house have been afflicted with the virus but he has refused to disclose the victims.
“Even in the House, some members are afflicted by the Covid-19. You may not know who the person is and because of the protocol issues of confidentiality, we are not disclosing those who are now Covid-19 victims. But we have some of us in that category,” he said.
Alban Bagbin further revealed that about 60 of the MP’s have refused to comply with his directive to undertake the COVID-19 test.
“My directive that all members subject themselves to the test has not yet been complied with by over 60 Members of Parliament.
“It is true as the Majority Leader has just stated that we are not all safe. And so members should take the protocols seriously. In fact when I was entering I myself had to signal some members to respect the physical distancing“, he added.
However, the number of active cases in the country has increased by 625, making it a total of 3,940 news cases with 13 new fatalities.
Source: ghgossip.com
