Coronavirus: 23 Punjab MLAs test negative before session

Barely 48 hours before the Punjab assembly convenes for a one-day session on Friday, 23 legislators, including four cabinet ministers, have tested positive for Covid-19. If so many MLAs and ministers couldn’t escape the virus, one could imagine how grave the situation on the ground was, CM Amarinder Singh said.
Most of these MLAs, including former hockey Olympian Pargat Singh, had given swab samples between Tuesday and Wednesday in accordance with the new SOP that requires all members and staff to be tested just before the House convenes. It wasn’t clear if and how many of the MLAs were symptomatic when they were tested.