DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS, Government of Mizoram, India

DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Government of Mizoram

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All 40 MLAs of Mizoram Legislative Assembly test negative for COVID-19

No.224/2020-2021

Aizawl, the 31^st August 2020 : All 40 legislators of Mizoram Legislative Assembly including the Chief Minister Pu Zoramthanga, Speaker Pu Lalrinliana Sailo and Ministers tested negative for COVID-19. 35 legislators were tested today at the Assembly House premises using Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and all of them were negative. 5 MLAs who were tested recently were also negative.

The Assembly is set to convene for a three day Session from tomorrow. A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which outlined all mandatory checks and safety precautions was issued two weeks back by the Assembly Secretariat and a as safety measure, the RAT tests were done for the MLAs.