NEW DELHI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th January, 2021) All Indian lawmakers are asked to take COVID-19 tests as the legislature is set to gather in late January for its first session since September, lower house speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday.
A budget session will commence from January 29.
The previous session took place in September. It was cut short over multiple positive COVID-19 tests among the members of parliament. As a precaution, the winter session was canceled altogether.
India is second only to the US in terms of cumulative coronavirus cases. The second-most populous country in the world has so far confirmed over 10.5 million cases, including more than 10.2 million recoveries and some 152,500 deaths.