Parliament, in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the National Security Council (NSC), has developed special standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure the smooth running of its sitting today, to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said among the SOPs include being fully vaccinated (and have completed the 14-day window period) and taking a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test within three days before entering the building.

“In addition, during the parliamentary session, all attendees in the Parliament building must...