MPs to be tested for Covid-19 before attending Parliament

PETALING JAYA: Lawmakers are required to get tested for Covid-19 before they will be allowed to attend the upcoming one-day Parliament sitting on May 18.

"Following the implementation of the movement control order across the country and as part of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, Dewan Rakyat Speaker has agreed that all MPs must get be tested for Covid-19 in Parliament from May 14 to 15," said Dewan Rakyat secretary Riduan Rahmat in a letter to MPs dated April 27.

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah will deliver the Royal Address when opening Parliament at 10am on May 18.

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