Parliamentarians are invited to do two Covid saliva tests per week during the spring session. An unprecedented operation.
Posted: 02/20/2021, 10:17 PM—
–Since last fall, federal elected officials have been sitting behind plexiglass windows. During the spring session, the mask will be compulsory everywhere, including at the workplace.
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AT the sea of plexiglas, to the masks now compulsory at all times, is added a new protective device at the Federal Palace. During the spring session – it starts on 1is mars – the 246 parliamentarians will receive two Covid screening tests each week. Saliva tests, capable of also detecting variants of the virus, the result of which is connu en trente minutes.
“Our goal is to be able to detect asymptomatic people and thus prevent the virus from spreading in the plenum”
«We strongly recommend these preventive tests but they are not mandatory, for lack of a clear legal basis., explains Thomas Hefti (PLR / GL), vice-president of the Council of States and member of the administrative delegation of the parliament. Our goal is to be able to detect asymptomatic people and thus prevent the virus from spreading in plenum.»
