Nepal MPs
Nepal: 26 MPs test COVID-19 positive just ahead of PM's vote of confidence
Kathmandu: As many as 26 Nepali Members of Parliament have tested COVID-19 positive ahead of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's vote of confidence scheduled for next Monday, media reports said.
RT-PCR (Real Time- Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests conducted from Wednesday to Friday ahead of Monday's special session confirmed infection in 26 members of parliament, reports ANI news agency.
"A total of 205 5 honorable Members of Parliament underwent test for corona virus out of which 18 tested positive for the virus. Another 8 MPs who had undergone tests on their own earlier were added to the list which takes the number of infected members in Lower House to 26. One member of the Upper House also tested positive in test," Rojnath Pandey, spokesperson at the Parliament Secretariat confirmed to ANI over the phone.
Nepal is also witnessing a massive rise in COVID-19 cases for the past several days.
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