Botswana’s 57 MPs will be place in mandatory quarantine for 14 times following a parliamentary nurse analyzed constructive for Covid-19, the respiratory disease prompted by coronavirus.
The get to quarantine the lawmakers was created by Director of Well being Solutions Malaki Tshipayagae, according to a tweet from the government.
PARLIAMENT Members TO GO ON QUARANTINE
The Director of Health Expert services Dr Malaki Tshipayagae has placed all users of Parliament on required quarantine. #SOEdebateBotswana #covid19BW #StateofPublicEmergencyBW #Coronavirus #covid19 #StayHome pic.twitter.com/tIGFuYYNpZ
— Botswana Federal government (@BWGovernment) April 9, 2020
The region on Thursday verified seven new coronavirus scenarios, including a wellbeing employee who was on responsibility through parliament’s session on Wednesday.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi also attended the session in which lawmakers debated on extending the condition of unexpected emergency to to 6 months.
The president lately concluded his 14 times in quarantine immediately after he returned from Namibia in March.
Botswana now has a full of 13 confirmed coronavirus scenarios.
The place is on a 28-working day lockdown to reduce the distribute of the virus.
