Al-Ghanim requests isolated room in Abdullah Al-Salem Hall for infected MPs

– National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim has asked Minister of Health Dr Khaled Al-Saeed to set up a special room at Abdullah Al-Salem Hall to isolate infected members of parliament.

This came in Al-Ghanim’s speech in the follow up session on Wednesday that discussed a message from some members to provide a room for infected members to attend and take part in voting on laws and resolutions in all assembly sessions.

Al-Ghanim explained that the message was directed to the Minister of Health on January 16th and requested an urgent answer to start preparing the isolation chamber.

The request in is line with article 15 of Law 8/1969 regarding preventative health measures against communicable diseases that grants the minster the power to implement any new rules in order to control the pandemic.

From his side, Dr Al-Saeed said that the message was received, noting that the concerned department is studying the situation and will send back an answer later today

Source: Kuwait News Agency

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