Coronavirus: Go for voluntary tests – Speaker urges MPs, Staff

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye has disclosed that he has taken the test for Coronavirus and it turned out negative.

He made this known in an announcement to the house when they sat on April 4, 2020

“I wish to inform you that I took the Coronavirus test three days ago and my test result came Negative. Praise the Lord”. An elated Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye disclosed.

The speaker who voluntarily tested on April 2 used the opportunity to encourage staff and all lawmakers to take the test

“All members and staff who wish to do voluntary testing should see Dr Pambo.”

Speaking on efforts at ensuring that the Members of Parliament and other staff at Parliament were safe, the speaker disclosed that ”In accordance with the crisis, we have made satisfactory arrangements to protect our MPs and officials in many ways including fumigation of the premises and offices, leave granted to some workers to enable spacing according to regulations, masks, sanitizers, self-isolation of all our people who returned from duties abroad, sensitisation and education, etc”.