ISLAMABAD: At least 15 more staffers of the National Assembly (NA) and Senate have tested positive for COVID-19.
According to the National Institute of Health Islamabad report, more than 15 staff members of the National Assembly detected with COVID-19 within three days.
The health officials had conducted 110 screening tests of employees yesterday and 45 workers detected with the virus including the staffers working at the office of Senate’s deputy chairman, the report said.
The number of Parliament House staffers affected by the COVID-19 had gone up to 16 after 11 more employees tested positive for the COVID-19 on June 3.
As many as 77 samples of COVID-19 were taken, of which 16 came out positive. The NA secretariat has decided to conduct more tests of Parliament House employees.
Meanwhile, Speaker National Assembly, Asad Qaiser has urged the members of the National Assembly to follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to protect themselves against the virus.
Soon after the beginning of the National Assembly proceedings, the Speaker said, “I will request all MNAs to follow the SOPs.”
Pakistan confirmed 4,896 more cases from novel coronavirus in one day as positive cases surged to 89,249 in the country.
According to the latest statistics by the National Command and Operation Center, the country recorded 68 deaths during the last 24 hours. A total of 1838 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 so far.
Around 22,812 tests have been carried out with the total number of tests performed across the country now standing at 638,323. The number of recovered patients also rose to 31,198.
There have been 33,536 cases in Sindh, 33144 in Punjab, 11,890 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 5,582 in Balochistan, 3,946 in Islamabad Capital Territory, 852 in Gilgit and 299 in Azad Kashmir.
Out of a total of 1,838 deaths, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 521 deaths, Sindh 575, Balochistan 53, Gilgit-Baltistan 12, Punjab 629, Azad Kashmir 07 and Islamabad Capital Territory has reported 41 deaths.
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