Some MPs have tested positive for COVID-19 - Bagbin reveals

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has disclosed that some Members of Parliament (MPs) have tested positive for coronavirus.

Mr Bagbin, however, did not reveal the names of the infected legislators.

He implored Members of the House to take the Covid-19 safety protocols seriously and strictly adhere to them.

“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.

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 Mr Bagbin had earlier expressed concern over the unwillingness of some Parliamentarians to go for the Covid-19 tests scheduled for members.

“We arranged with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to use three days and the three days are over but I am reliably informed that a number of our members have not yet taken the opportunity to either do the screening or to even undergo the Covid-19 test.

“Honorable members, I humbly urge that you all take this opportunity seriously and go test by the end of today,” he appealed on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.

But addressing the House today, Alban Bagbin sounded alarm about the urgency of the situation chiding MPs over the refusal to undergo testing.

“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.”