Over 200 workers in the Ugandan parliament, including the MPs, have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last three weeks.
The news come amid fears that their drivers and relatives could be carrying a contagious variant of the virus that has killed more than 700 people in the country.
Report reaching Front View Africa reveal that the last three tests in parliament returned high prevalence rates and that “there are positive cases every other day”.
The last three test was conducted by State House and the Ministry of Health, and the results were communicated to the authorities in Parliament..
All the affected MPs and staff were also asked to self-isolate and seek treatment as a matter of urgency.
MPs and staff who were affected were referred to Makerere University Hospital for examinations due to the high prevalence of Covid-19 in Parliament. Others had their tests done at Butabika at an unidentified laboratory.